Inmates; Director of Dept. of Corrections shall continue to accept applications for confinement.
Summary
Director of the Department of Corrections; placement of inmates. Directs the Director of the Department of Corrections to continue accepting and reviewing applications for the confinement of inmates from a state party to the Interstate Corrections Compact entered into pursuant to relevant law, but prohibits any placement of any such inmate at the Red Onion State Prison until such time as the General Assembly reauthorizes such placement by act of assembly.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Vetoed
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 9, 2026
Vetoed Apr 13, 2026
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What changed between versions
Engrossed
→
Enrolled
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2 edits
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Mar 10, 2026
MINOR
The bill was finalized for the Governor's signature by removing the Compact Administrator from the list of officials restricted from approving inmate placements at Red Onion State Prison. The text was also cleaned up to remove formatting artifacts and standardized the title to focus solely on the Director of the Department of Corrections.
Scope change
The scope of the restriction was narrowed from applying to both the Compact Administrator and the Director of the Department of Corrections to applying only to the Director of the Department of Corrections.
SCOPE
Removed the requirement for the Compact Administrator of the Virginia State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision to pause placements at Red Onion State Prison.
TECHNICAL
Removed the bracketed placeholder text regarding the method of reauthorization and cleaned up formatting inconsistencies between the engrossed and enrolled versions.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 2, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2026
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 2, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
12
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Apr 13, 2026
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by Senate
executive
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB218ER)
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (63-Y 36-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee amendments offered
upper
Jan 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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