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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1421

Legislation Overview

Title: Local and Regional Jails, State Board of; supervision by Office of Dept. of Corrections Ombudsman.

Description: State Board of Local and Regional Jails; administrative and supervisory authority. Directs the Office of the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to convene a work group to evaluate the feasibility of transferring the administrative and supervisory authority of the State Board of Local and Regional Jails (the State Board) from the Department of Corrections to another state agency or an independent oversight body. The bill requires the work group to submit its plan, recommended timeline, and any legislative proposals to the General Assembly by November 1, 2026.

Session: 2026 Regular Regular Session

Last Action: Referred to Committee on Rules

Last Action Date: February 18, 2026

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	Feb 18, 2026	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Senate	Feb 18, 2026	Referred to Committee on Rules
House	Feb 17, 2026	Read third time and passed House (65-Y 31-N 0-A)
House	Feb 16, 2026	Engrossed by House - committee substitute
House	Feb 16, 2026	committee substitute agreed to
House	Feb 16, 2026	Read second time
House	Feb 15, 2026	Read first time
House	Feb 13, 2026	Committee substitute printed 26107827D-H1
House	Feb 13, 2026	Incorporates HB482 (Hope)
House	Feb 13, 2026	Reported from Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 5-N)
House	Feb 12, 2026	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
House	Feb 12, 2026	House subcommittee offered
House	Feb 10, 2026	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1421)
House	Feb 10, 2026	Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
House	Jan 22, 2026	Presented and ordered printed 26106026D
House	Jan 22, 2026	Referred to Committee on Public Safety

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Comm Sub	Feb 12, 2026	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Feb 12, 2026	state link	bill text
Introduced	Jan 22, 2026	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)	02/12/2026	5	2	0	0	Yes
Anderson, Jessica (D) Yea Bennett-Parker, Elizabeth (D) Yea Cousins, Rae (D) Yea Hamilton, Karen (R) Nay Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea Seibold, Holly (D) Yea Webert, Michael (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 5-N)	02/13/2026	15	5	0	2	Yes
Adams, Kimberly Pope (D) Yea Anderson, Jessica (D) Yea Bennett-Parker, Elizabeth (D) Yea Clark, Nadarius (D) Absent Cornett, Mitchell (R) Nay Cousins, Rae (D) Yea Feggans, Michael (D) Yea Gardner, Debra (D) Yea Hamilton, Karen (R) Nay Helmer, Dan (D) Yea Hope, Patrick (D) Yea Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea McClure, Adele (D) Yea Oates, Delores (R) Nay Phillips, Eric (R) Yea Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea Seibold, Holly (D) Absent Simon, Marcus (D) Yea Thomas, Joshua (D) Yea Webert, Michael (R) Nay Wilt, Tony (R) Yea Zehr, Eric (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Read third time and passed House (65-Y 31-N 0-A)	02/17/2026	65	31	0	4	Yes
Adams, Kimberly Pope (D) Yea Anderson, Jessica (D) Yea Anthony, Bonita (D) Yea Askew, Alex (D) Yea Austin, Terry (R) Nay Ballard, Jason (R) Nay Bennett-Parker, Elizabeth (D) Yea Bloxom, Robert (R) Nay Bulova, Gretchen (D) Yea Callsen, Katrina (D) Yea Campbell, Ellen (R) Nay Carnegie, Karen (D) Yea Carr, Betsy (D) Yea Carroll, Stacey Annie (D) Yea Cherry, Mike (R) Yea Clark, Nadarius (D) Absent Cohen, Laura Jane (D) Yea Cole, Joshua (D) Yea Cole, Nicole (D) Yea Convirs-Fowler, Kelly (D) Yea Cornett, Mitchell (R) Nay Cousins, Rae (D) Yea Davis, William (R) Nay Delaney, Karrie (D) Yea Dougherty, Lindsey (D) Yea Downey, Mark (D) Yea Feggans, Michael (D) Yea Ferrell Tata, Anne (R) Nay Fowler, Hyland (R) Nay Franklin, Lily (D) Yea Franklin, Margaret (D) Yea Gardner, Debra (D) Yea Garrett, Thomas (R) Nay Glass, Jackie (D) Yea Griffin, Tim (R) Nay Guzman, Elizabeth (D) Yea Hamilton, Karen (R) Nay Hayes, C.E. (D) Yea Helmer, Dan (D) Yea Henson, Rozia (D) Yea Hernandez, Phil (D) Yea Herring, Charniele (D) Yea Hodges, M. Keith (R) Nay Hope, Patrick (D) Yea Keys-Gamarra, Karen (D) Yea Kilgore, Terry (R) Nay Knight, Barry (R) Absent Krizek, Paul (D) Yea Laufer, Amy (D) Yea LeVere Bolling, Destiny (D) Yea Leftwich, James (R) Nay Lopes-Maldonado, Michelle (D) Yea Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea Martinez, Fernando (D) Yea McAuliff, John Chilton (D) Absent McClure, Adele (D) Yea McGuire, Garrett (D) Yea McNamara, Joseph (R) Absent McQuinn, Delores (D) Yea Mehta, Leslie Chambers (D) Yea Morefield, James (R) Nay Nivar, May (D) Yea O'Quinn, Israel (R) Nay Oates, Delores (R) Nay Pence, Justin (R) Nay Phillips, Eric (R) Yea Price, Marcia (D) Yea Pugh Kent, Hillary (R) Nay Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea Reaser, Atoosa (D) Yea Reid, David (D) Yea Runion, Chris (R) Nay Schmidt, Charlie (D) Yea Scott, Don (D) Yea Scott, Phillip (R) Nay Seibold, Holly (D) Yea Sewell, Briana (D) Yea Shin, Irene (D) Yea Simon, Marcus (D) Yea Simonds, Shelly (D) Yea Singh, J.J. (D) Yea Sullivan, Richard (D) Yea Thomas, Joshua (D) Yea Thornton, Virgil (D) Yea Torian, Luke (D) Yea Tran, Kathy (D) Yea Wachsmann, H. Otto (R) Yea Walker, Wendell (R) Nay Ward, Jeion (D) Yea Ware, Lee (R) Nay Watts, Vivian (D) Yea Webert, Michael (R) Nay Whittle, Madison (R) Nay Wiley, Bill (R) Nay Willett, Rodney (D) Yea Williams, Wren (R) Nay Wilt, Tony (R) Nay Wright, Thomas (R) Nay Wyatt, Scott (R) Nay Zehr, Eric (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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