SB 714 Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Local pretrial services officers; duties and responsibilities, defendant interviews, assessments.

Summary
Duties and responsibilities of local pretrial services officers; assessments. Requires a local pretrial services officer to conduct a risk assessment of defendants arrested on state and local warrants and who are detained in jails located in jurisdictions served by the local pretrial services agency while awaiting a hearing before any court that is considering or reconsidering bail, at initial appearance, advisement or arraignment, or at other subsequent hearings. Current law requires a local pretrial services officer to interview such defendants. The bill also provides that each local pretrial services officer may conduct defendant interviews as appropriate and when available resources permit.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Signed Apr 8, 2026
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 2 edits
MINOR
This bill formalizes the official enactment of SB 714, changing its status from an approved draft to a law (Chapter 526 of the 2026 Session). The substantive policy text regarding the duties of local pretrial services officers remains unchanged, though the formatting was corrected to align with standard legislative style.
ENFORCEMENT

The bill text was converted from a draft proposal to an enacted law, adding official chapter and session identifiers.

REQUIREMENT

Minor formatting corrections were made to the text, such as removing stray symbols and adjusting line breaks for readability.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 16, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2026

How they voted

380
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Feb 16, 2026
D Democratic20
19 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
13
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Apr 8, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 526 (effective 7/1/2026)
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 (SB714ER)
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (9-Y 3-N 1-A)
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Jan 14, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 14, 2026
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 26100870D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Creigh Deeds
Creigh Deeds
DDemocratic
VA
11