# Virginia HB361: Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal, effective date. Virginia HB361, Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal, effective date., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Holly M. Seibold (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-13 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0596)) (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB361-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB361 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal, effective date. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-12 - Last action: 2026-04-13, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0596) - Sponsor: Holly M. Seibold (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 16 (321 yes, 216 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary Earned sentence credits; incarceration while awaiting trial or pending an appeal. Provides that a person's eligibility for earned sentence credits includes any period of time actually spent in any state or local correctional facility, state hospital, or juvenile detention facility awaiting trial or pending an appeal that was deducted from such person's term of incarceration or detention. The bill provides that the provisions apply retroactively to any person who is confined in any state or local correctional facility on July 1, 2028. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Credits for juveniles tried as adults: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2028, juveniles convicted as adults and sentenced as serious juvenile offenders can earn sentence credits for the part of their sentence served with the Department of Juvenile Justice. To get credits, they must follow facility rules and show progress on treatment goals set for ser… - Pretrial days count toward credits: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2028, time you already spent locked up counts when calculating earned sentence credits for felonies committed on or after January 1, 1995. This includes days awaiting trial or a final order, and time in state or local facilities, state hospitals, or juvenile detention that is cred… - Earlier releases, but finish programs: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2028, anyone confined in a state or local facility on that date has their release date recalculated under the new credit rules. If the new date is before July 1, 2028, release happens within 60 days of that determination, after an approved release plan if required, unless a court… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Holly M. Seibold (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-14 | House | Conference report agreed to by House | pass | 65 | 31 | | | 2026-03-13 | Senate | Conference report agreed to by Senate | pass | 21 | 18 | | | 2026-03-12 | Senate | Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-11 | House | Senate substitute rejected by House | fail | 1 | 98 | | | 2026-03-09 | Senate | Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-09 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute | pass | 21 | 19 | | | 2026-03-06 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-05 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-05 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-03-04 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute | pass | 11 | 4 | | | 2026-02-23 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 9 | 6 | | | 2026-02-17 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 69 | 27 | | | 2026-02-11 | House | Reported from Appropriations | pass | 15 | 7 | | | 2026-02-11 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 5 | 2 | | | 2026-01-28 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations | pass | 16 | 3 | | | 2026-01-21 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) | pass | 9 | 1 | | ## Actions (50) - 2026-04-13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0596) (Governor) - 2026-04-13: Approved by Governor - Chapter 596 (effective - 7/1/2028) (Governor) - 2026-04-01: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB361) (House) - 2026-03-31: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor) - 2026-03-31: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-31: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-03-30: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB361ER) (House) - 2026-03-30: Enrolled (House) - 2026-03-30: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-03-16: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB361) (House) - 2026-03-14: Conference report agreed to by House (65-Y 31-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-03-13: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-13: Conference Report released - 2026-03-12: House Conferees: Seibold, Schmidt, Williams (House) - 2026-03-12: Conferees appointed by House (House) - 2026-03-12: House acceded to request (House) - 2026-03-12: Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Conferees appointed by Senate (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Senate Conferees: Perry, Boysko, McDougle (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Senate requested conference committee (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 98-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-03-09: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Read third time (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Committee substitute printed 26109145D-S1 (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB361) (House) - 2026-02-18: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Read third time and passed House (69-Y 27-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-16: Engrossed by House as amended (House) - 2026-02-16: committee amendments agreed to (House) - 2026-02-16: Read second time (House) - 2026-02-13: Read first time (House) - 2026-02-11: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) (House) - 2026-02-11: Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) (House) - 2026-02-03: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB361) (House) - 2026-01-29: Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety (House) - 2026-01-28: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 3-N) (House) - 2026-01-21: House subcommittee offered (House) - 2026-01-21: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 1-N) (House) - 2026-01-20: Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal (House) - 2026-01-12: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (House) - 2026-01-12: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100485D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218877.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218876.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-03-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214390.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214389.PDF) - Conference Report, 2026-03-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210686.HTML) - Substitute, 2026-03-05: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1195945.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1195944.PDF) - Engrossed, 2026-02-16: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143951.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143950.PDF) - Amendment, 2026-01-29: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101143.HTML) - Amendment, 2026-01-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1093100.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1093354.HTML) - Introduced, 2026-01-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084020.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084018.PDF) ## Related bills - HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. 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(signed) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218877.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218876.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214390.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214389.PDF) - [Conference Report (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210686.HTML) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1195945.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1195944.PDF) - [Engrossed (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143951.HTML) - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143950.PDF) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101143.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1093100.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1093354.HTML) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084020.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084018.PDF) ## Related - [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026) - [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026) - [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026) - [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026) - [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026) - [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB361-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).