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HB35Introduced in the House of Delegates

Restorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use.

Engrossed

Introduced by Joshua Cole, District 28

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Restorative housing and isolated confinement; restrictions on use. Prohibits the use of isolated confinement, defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities, subject to certain exceptions. The bill requires that before placing an incarcerated person in restorative housing or isolated confinement for his own protection, the facility administrator shall place an incarcerated person in a less-restrictive setting, including by transferring such person to another institution or to a special-purpose housing unit for incarcerated persons who face similar threats. The bill requires that if an incarcerated person is placed in restorative housing or isolated confinement, such placement shall be reviewed every two business days and the facility administrator shall ensure that the incarcerated person receives a medical and mental health evaluation from certified medical and mental health professionals within one working day of placement in restorative housing or any form of isolated confinement. The bill also requires the facility administrator to notify the regional administrator in writing that an incarcerated person was placed in restorative housing or isolated confinement within 24 hours of such placement. Finally, the bill requires that formal reviews of an incarcerated person's placement in any form of isolated confinement shall be held in such person's presence, inform him of any reasons administrative officials believe isolated confinement remains necessary, and give the incarcerated person an opportunity to respond to those reasons, and a formal ruling shall be provided to the incarcerated individual within 24 hours.

Where it stands

Continued to next session in Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)

March 6, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

SenateStage: Continued to next session in Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) · March 6, 2026

15

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

15 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1Yes
Chris Head3Yes
Mark Peake8Yes
Schuyler VanValkenburg16Yes
Emily Brewer17Yes
Bill DeSteph20Yes
Angelia Williams Graves21Yes
Ryan McDougle26Yes
Bryce Reeves28Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101905D

  2. Referred to Committee on Public Safety

  3. Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2

  4. Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N)

  5. Reported from Public Safety and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)

  6. Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety

  7. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB35)

  8. House subcommittee offered

  9. Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 2-N)

  10. Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)

  11. Read first time

  12. Read second time

  13. committee amendment agreed to

  14. Engrossed by House as amended

  15. Read third time and passed House (66-Y 31-N 0-A)

  16. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  17. Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

  18. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB35)

  19. Senate committee offered

  20. Continued to next session in Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)

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