SB762 • 2026

Local correctional facilities; reimbursements for housing convicted state felons.

<p class=ldtitle>A BILL to amend and reenact § 53.1-85 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local correctional facilities; reimbursements for housing convicted state felons.</p>

Housing

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Mulchi
Last action: 2026-02-10
Official status: Continued
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide details on the exact amount or method of calculation for reimbursement.

Reimbursement for Housing State Felons

This bill changes how Virginia reimburses localities for the costs of housing state felons in their correctional facilities.

What This Bill Does

Changes the way the Compensation Board pays localities for housing state felons to ensure full reimbursement.
Requires the Compensation Board to provide reimbursement for all costs incurred by localities from housing convicted state felons.

Who It Names or Affects

Local correctional facilities in Virginia
The Compensation Board of Virginia

Terms To Know

Compensation Board: A board responsible for managing and distributing funds related to corrections.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify the exact amount of reimbursement or how it will be calculated.
It is unclear when this law will take effect since there is no specified effective date.

Bill History

2026-02-10 Finance and Appropriations
Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2026-02-06 Rehabilitation and Social Services
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2026-01-20 Senate
Presented and ordered printed 26104519D
2026-01-20 Rehabilitation and Social Services
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

Official Summary Text

Local correctional facilities; reimbursements for housing convicted state felons.
Provides that, notwithstanding the quarterly installment payments the Compensation Board is required to provide for reimbursements to localities, the Compensation Board shall ensure that it provides reimbursement to localities for the entirety of the costs incurred by such locality arising from housing convicted state felons in any local or regional correctional facility.

Current Bill Text

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A BILL to amend and reenact §
53.1-85
of the Code of Virginia, relating to local correctional facilities; reimbursements for housing convicted state felons.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §
53.1-85
of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§
53.1-85
. Time and manner of payment.

A.
Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this Code
which
that
provide for state reimbursement of certain costs incurred by local correctional facilities, the time and manner of such payments shall be as hereinafter prescribed.

Each facility's apportionment pursuant to §
53.1-84
shall be paid by the Compensation Board to the responsible local governing body or fiscal agent of such facility in quarterly installments beginning
in
July
,
1983.

The amount of the quarterly installment for each facility will be the sum of the following:

1. The number of state prisoner days registered by the facility in the preceding quarter, pursuant to §
53.1-121
, times the specified rate per prisoner day;

2. The number of prisoner days registered for convicted state felons by the facility in the preceding quarter times the specified rate per felon day, pursuant to §
53.1-20.1
; and

3. One-fourth of the annual cost for salaries and fringe benefits for medical and treatment personnel approved by the Compensation Board pursuant to §
15.2-1636.7
.

Funds held in the emergency reserve shall be distributed on the written authorization of the Compensation Board. In the event of emergencies, the Compensation Board may reallocate any portion of the reserve among individual facilities. Any balance remaining in the reserve at the close of the budgetary period shall revert to the general fund of the state treasury.

B. Notwithstanding the quarterly installment payments
mandated by subsection A
, the Compensation Board shall ensure that it provides reimbursement to localities for the entirety of the costs
incurred by such locality
arising from housing convicted state felons in any local or regional correctional facility.