HB 861 VA

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Reporting requirements of state, regional, and local correctional facilities; pregnant and postpartum inmates. Requires the warden or other official in charge of a state correctional facility that houses women prisoners to compile a monthly summary and the sheriff in charge of a local correctional facility, or his designee, or the jail superintendent of a regional correctional facility, or his designee, to compile a quarterly summary of all of the following and submit such summary to the Director of the Department of Corrections or State Board of Local and Regional Jails, as applicable: (i) the number of prisoners known to be pregnant in the facility, (ii) the number of prisoners in postpartum recovery in the facility, (iii) the number of women prisoners in the facility, (iv) the total number of prisoners in the facility, (v) the number of deaths of prisoners known to be pregnant in the facility, and (vi) the number of deaths of prisoners in postpartum recovery in the facility. The bill also requires such summary to be submitted to the Maternal Mortality Review Team and the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice. Lastly, the bill requires the sheriff in charge of a local correctional facility, or his designee, or the jail superintendent of a regional correctional facility, or his designee, to compile a quarterly summary of all written reports received pursuant to relevant law regarding use of restraints on any prisoner known to be pregnant or any prisoner who is in postpartum recovery and any body cavity search of a pregnant prisoner and submit such summary to the Board each quarter.

• Rae Cousins Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103318D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
3. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
4. Jan 29, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Jan 30, 2026 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 2, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106507D-H1 · lower
8. Feb 3, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 4, 2026 Read second time · lower
10. Feb 4, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
11. Feb 4, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
12. Feb 5, 2026 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
13. Feb 6, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
14. Feb 6, 2026 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services · upper
15. Feb 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB861) · lower
16. Feb 20, 2026 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
17. Mar 3, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
18. Mar 3, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
19. Mar 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Mar 3, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · upper
22. Mar 4, 2026 Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendments agreed to · upper
23. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended · upper
24. Mar 4, 2026 Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
25. Mar 6, 2026 Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
26. Mar 13, 2026 Enrolled · lower
27. Mar 13, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB861ER) · lower
28. Mar 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB861) · lower
29. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
30. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by President · upper
31. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
32. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
33. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 685 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
34. Apr 13, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0685) · 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.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Senate Amendments · HTML
• Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendment · HTML
• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML