HB 1162 — State correctional facilities; required education or vocational training.
VA 20261 session
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.
Latest action: — Continued
Sponsors (24)
- Wendell S. Walker (R, VA) — sponsor
- Jason S. Ballard (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Mike A. Cherry (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Mitchell Cornett (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Will Davis (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Hamilton (R, VA) — cosponsor
- M. Keith Hodges (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Terry G. Kilgore (R, VA) — cosponsor
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Ellen H. McLaughlin (R, VA) — cosponsor
- James W. Morefield (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Delores Oates (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Justin Pence (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Eric Phillips (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Chris S. Runion (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Anne Ferrell Tata (R, VA) — cosponsor
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael J. Webert (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Madison Whittle (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Bill Wiley (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Wren M. Williams (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Tony O. Wilt (R, VA) — cosponsor
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. (R, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (6)
- · house · H4020 —
- · house · H1501 —
- · house · H1512 —
- · house · H8500 —
- · house · H1543 —
- · house · H1540 —
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1 typed relationship in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 1 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | HPS Sub: Subcommittee #2 | — | 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 | Wendell S. Walker (R, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Anne Ferrell Tata (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Bill Wiley (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Chris S. Runion (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Delores Oates (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Ellen H. McLaughlin (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Eric Phillips (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | James A. "Jay" Leftwich (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | James W. Morefield (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Jason S. Ballard (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Justin Pence (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Karen Hamilton (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | M. Keith Hodges (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Madison Whittle (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Michael J. Webert (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Mike A. Cherry (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Mitchell Cornett (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Terry G. Kilgore (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Thomas C. Wright, Jr. (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Tony O. Wilt (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Will Davis (R, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Wren M. Williams (R, 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 HPS Sub: Subcommittee #2 · va-leg