HB 454 VA

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Department of Criminal Justice Services; powers and duties; local and regional jails; repeal of model addiction recovery program. Removes the requirement that the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, develop a model addiction recovery program that may be administered by sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, jail officers, administrators, or superintendents in any local or regional jail. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care and identical to SB 690.

• Rodney T. Willett Democratic · primary

1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102548D · lower
2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
3. Jan 20, 2026 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
4. Jan 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB454) · lower
5. Jan 22, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Jan 23, 2026 Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Jan 27, 2026 Read first time · lower
8. Jan 28, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
9. Jan 29, 2026 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
10. Jan 30, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
11. Jan 30, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
12. Feb 18, 2026 Rereferred from Courts of Justice to Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N) · upper
13. Feb 20, 2026 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) · upper
14. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
15. Feb 26, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
16. Feb 26, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
17. Feb 26, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
18. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · upper
19. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
20. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) · upper
21. Mar 5, 2026 Enrolled · lower
22. Mar 5, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB454ER) · lower
23. Mar 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB454) · lower
24. Mar 5, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
25. Mar 5, 2026 Signed by President · upper
26. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
27. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
28. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 798 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML