SB276
State correctional facilities; visitation policies for incarcerated persons, etc., report.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 18, 2026
Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB276)
Chief Patron:
Angelia Williams Graves (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. State correctional facilities; visitation policies; work group; report.
Requires the Department of Corrections to convene a work group for the purpose of identifying policies or actions that would ensure meaningful opportunities for in-person visitation with incarcerated persons at state correctional facilities by Department-approved visitors. The bill requires the work group to, at a minimum, assess (i) policies that ... (More) discourage the practice of rescinding in-person visitation privileges for reasons unrelated to such visitation, including disciplinary reasons, while accounting for safety considerations and (ii) mechanisms that track in-person visits offered, the length of in-person visits, and the reasons in-person visits are curtailed or denied. The bill requires the work group to submit an executive summary and a report of its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2026. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104960D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 01/23/2026 - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)
- 01/23/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB276)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107155D-S1
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB276)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/12/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 03/01/2026 - House: Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
- 03/01/2026 - House: Placed on Rules Agenda
- 03/02/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N)
- 03/02/2026 - House: Reconsidered by Rules (Voice Vote)
- 03/02/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 1-N)
- 03/05/2026 - House: Placed on Rules Agenda
- 03/06/2026 - House: Reported from Rules with substitute (13-Y 5-N)
- 03/06/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26108953D-H1
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB276)
- 03/10/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/11/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/11/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 03/11/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 03/11/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (64-Y 34-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- 03/12/2026 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/12/2026 - House: House requested conference committee
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Senate Conferees: Williams Graves, Carroll Foy, DeSteph
- 03/12/2026 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/12/2026 - House: House Conferees: Anthony, Gardner, McLaughlin
- 03/12/2026 - Senate: Senate acceded to request
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Conference substitute printed 26109922D-S2
- 03/13/2026 - Conference Report released
- 03/14/2026 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 32-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/14/2026 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/18/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB276)
