Correctional Services - Restrictive Housing - Individuals With Developmental or Intellectual Disabilities

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Requiring an incarcerated individual to undergo an assessment for indicators of a developmental or intellectual disability at intake at a State correctional facility by a certain clinical professional; authorizing a certain clinical professional to make a recommendation about a certain incarcerated individual; and prohibiting a State correctional facility from putting a certain incarcerated individual in restrictive housing for more than 15 consecutive days in a 30-day time period unless the individual commits a certain prohibited act.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jan 15, 2026CommitteeFirst Reading Judiciary · House of Delegates Judiciary Committee
2. Jan 29, 2026House of DelegatesHearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.
3. Mar 16, 2026CommitteeFavorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary · House of Delegates Judiciary Committee
4. Mar 17, 2026House of DelegatesFavorable with Amendments { 303123/1 Adopted
5. Mar 17, 2026House of DelegatesSecond Reading Passed with Amendments
6. Mar 18, 2026House of DelegatesThird Reading Passed (132-0)132–0 vote
7. Mar 19, 2026CommitteeReferred Judicial Proceedings · Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 1 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee and other votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 14 cosponsors: 12 Democrats, 2 Republicans.

• Aaron M. KaufmanD Primary sponsor · District 18