HB 1280 — State correctional facilities; participation of prisoners in employment & education program, report.
VA 20261 session
State correctional facilities; participation of prisoners in employment and educational programs; reentry planning. Expands the program assignments in which the Director of the Department of Corrections may place a prisoner while such prisoner is confined in a state correctional facility. The bill requires the Director to place a prisoner in an appropriate program assignment within (i) 90 days of the arrival of a prisoner sentenced to a new term of confinement to a state correctional facility or (ii) 60 days of a prisoner already in custody being transferred to a new state correctional facility and provides that participation in such program assignments shall be for an average of 30 hours per week, calculated individually across the calendar year. Finally, the bill expands upon the requirements for a prisoner's reentry plan, including requiring an assessment, if necessary, of a prisoner's readiness to take a high school equivalency test and any modifications needed for the prisoner to take or improve upon such test, and making available peer and group educational programs developed and led by qualified prisoners.
Latest action: — Continued
Sponsors (13)
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — sponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Vivian E. Watts (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lashrecse D. Aird (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (23)
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referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Finance and Appropriations | — | va-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua G. Cole (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jessica L. Anderson (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Lashrecse D. Aird (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Nadarius E. Clark (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Nicole Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Rae Cousins (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Stacey Annie Carroll (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Vivian E. Watts (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Finance and Appropriations · va-leg