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State correctional facilities; required education or vocational training; earned sentence credits classification levels. Requires a prisoner in a state correctional facility, as a part of his reentry plan developed and implemented by the Department of Corrections, to complete a high school equivalency test or vocational, technical, or other certification prior to such prisoner's release. The bill also provides that the annual review of a prisoner's classification level for earned sentence credits shall include such prisoner's quantifiable or measurable progress, as available, in any programs, job assignments, and educational curricula in which he is participating, such as test scores achieved or completion of a high school equivalency test or other trade or vocational certification.
Introduced
Jan 14, 2026
Last Action
Feb 13, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 23 co
Continued to next session in Public Safety (Voice Vote)
Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1162)
Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103663D
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
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Continued to next session in Public Safety (Voice Vote)
Wendell S. Walker
Jason S. Ballard
Mike A. Cherry
Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.
M. Keith Hodges
Terry G. Kilgore
James A. "Jay" Leftwich
Ellen H. McLaughlin
James W. Morefield
Chris S. Runion
H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.
Michael J. Webert
Wren M. Williams
Tony O. Wilt
Thomas C. Wright, Jr.