HB1392
Correctional facilities, local and regional, and courthouse security; powers & duties for operation.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 13, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
Chief Patron:
Karen Keys-Gamarra (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Powers and duties for operation of local and regional correctional facilities and courthouse security; attorney access to courthouses and communication and visitation with incarcerated clients; penalty.
Provides that if a sheriff allows courthouse employees to bypass any security screening required to enter a courthouse, such sheriff shall also exempt from the security screening any attorney who displays a valid Virginia State Bar-issued bar card and a government-issued identification. The bill creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for ... (More) any attorney who has had his license to practice law in the Commonwealth suspended or revoked and who displays a Virginia State Bar-issued bar card in an effort to be exempt from the security screening. The bill also requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to develop and establish minimum standards to ensure that attorneys have sufficient opportunities to have confidential visits with their clients. Lastly, the bill requires any telephonic, electronic, or web-based communication system for prisoners that is offered by a sheriff or jail superintendent who operates a local correctional facility to include a confidential means for a prisoner to communicate with his attorney at regular and reasonable times. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/21/2026 - House: Presented and ordered printed 26105053D
- 01/21/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/03/2026 - House: Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 02/05/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/05/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/05/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 02/05/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1392)
- 02/06/2026 - House: Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/11/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/11/2026 - House: committee amendments agreed to
- 02/11/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1392)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
