HB 1392 VA

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Powers and duties for operation of local and regional correctional facilities and courthouse security; attorney access to courthouses and communication and visitation with incarcerated clients; penalty. Provides that if a sheriff allows courthouse employees or law-enforcement officers to bypass any security screening required to enter a courthouse, such sheriff shall also exempt from the security screening any attorney who displays a valid Virginia State Bar-issued bar card and a government-issued identification. The bill creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any attorney who has had his license to practice law in the Commonwealth suspended or revoked and who displays a Virginia State Bar-issued bar card in an effort to be exempt from the security screening. The bill also requires any telephonic, electronic, or web-based communication system for prisoners that is offered by a sheriff or jail superintendent who operates a local or regional correctional facility to include a confidential means for a prisoner to communicate with his attorney at regular and reasonable times.

• Karen Keys-Gamarra Democratic · primary

1. Jan 21, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26105053D · lower
2. Jan 21, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
3. Feb 3, 2026 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
4. Feb 5, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Feb 5, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N) · lower
6. Feb 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1392) · lower
7. Feb 6, 2026 Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N) · lower
8. Feb 10, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 11, 2026 Read second time · lower
10. Feb 11, 2026 committee amendments agreed to · lower
11. Feb 11, 2026 Engrossed by House as amended · lower
12. Feb 12, 2026 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N 0-A) · lower
13. Feb 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1392) · lower
14. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
15. Feb 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services · upper
16. Feb 20, 2026 Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services to Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) · upper
17. Feb 25, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
18. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N 1-A) · upper
19. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108386D-S1 · upper
20. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 2-N) · upper
21. Mar 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1392) · lower
22. Mar 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
23. Mar 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
24. Mar 5, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
25. Mar 6, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
26. Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
27. Mar 10, 2026 Read third time · upper
28. Mar 10, 2026 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to · upper
29. Mar 10, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to · upper
30. Mar 10, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended · upper
31. Mar 10, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (34-Y 6-N 0-A) · upper
32. Mar 11, 2026 Senate Substitute with amendments agreed to by House (84-Y 13-N 1-A) · lower
33. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
34. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1392ER) · lower
35. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
36. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
37. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
38. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
39. Apr 1, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1392) · lower
40. Apr 11, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · 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.

• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Senate Amendments · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Amendment · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Public Safety Amendment · HTML
• Public Safety Amendment · HTML
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML