Correctional facilities, local and regional, and courthouse security; powers & duties for operation.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Vetoed
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 18.2-469.1, 53.1-120.1, and 53.1-127.2:1, relating to powers and duties for operation of local and regional correctional facilities and courthouse security;” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
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
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Jan 21, 2026
Governor's Veto (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
8
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Karen Keys-GamarraBonita G. AnthonyNadarius E. ClarkRae CousinsRozia A. Henson, Jr.Destiny LeVere Bolling Charlie SchmidtIrene Shin
Recorded votes
Senate Substitute with amendments agreed to by House (84-Y 13-N 1-A) House of Delegates · 2026-03-11 · P · Y 84, N 13, X 1, A 1
Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (34-Y 6-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-10 · P · Y 34, N 6
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-05 · P · Y 39, X 1
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (13-Y 2-N)Senate · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 13, N 2
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N 1-A)Senate · 2026-02-25 · P · Y 11, N 3, A 1
Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-20 · P · Y 15
Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-12 · P · Y 83, X 3, N 14
Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-06 · P · Y 17, N 5
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 5, N 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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