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HB1162Introduced in the House of Delegates

State correctional facilities; required education or vocational training.

Introduced

Introduced by Wendell Walker, District 52

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Continued to next session in Public Safety (Voice Vote)

February 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

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Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103663D

  2. Referred to Committee on Public Safety

  3. Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2

  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1162)

  5. Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)

  6. Continued to next session in Public Safety (Voice Vote)

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