HB 80 Virginia House of Delegates · 2027 Regular Session

Civilian deaths in custody; local and regional adult correctional facilities failure to report.

Summary
Civilian deaths in custody; failure to comply with annual report; funding for local and regional adult correctional facilities. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to notify the Office of the Governor if any local or regional correctional facility fails to send reports with information required by law regarding civilian deaths in custody within 10 days. If such facility fails to comply within 10 days, the bill allows the Governor discretion to direct the Comptroller to withhold all further payment to such facility of all funds, or of any part of them, appropriated and payable by the Commonwealth to such facility, for any and all purposes, until such correctional facility complies.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 31, 2025 Last action Jul 21, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House of Delegates. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Feb 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 2-N 2-A)
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 16, 2026
Committee
Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Dec 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors

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