                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROBATION OF FELONS SENTENCED FOR OFFENSES COMMITTED ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1,
1995, AND ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2000 (§ 19.2-295.2)

A. At the time the court imposes sentence upon a conviction for any felony
offense committed (i) on or after January 1, 1995, the court may, and (ii) on or
after July 1, 2000, shall, in addition to any other punishment imposed if such
other punishment includes an active term of incarceration in a state or local
correctional facility, except in cases in which the court orders a suspended
term of confinement of at least six months, impose a term of incarceration, in
addition to the active term, of not less than six months nor more than three
years, as the court may determine. Such additional term shall be suspended and
the defendant shall be ordered to be placed under probation pursuant to &#xA7;
19.2-303 upon release from the active term of incarceration. The period of
probation shall be established by the court; however, such period shall not be
less than six months nor more than three years. Periods of probation imposed
pursuant to this section upon more than one felony conviction may be ordered to
run concurrently.

B. Failure to successfully complete the period of probation in accordance with
this section shall be subject to revocation of such probation pursuant to
&#xA7;&#xA7; 19.2-306 and 19.2-306.1.
			Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the court from
exercising any authority otherwise granted by law.

HISTORY: 1994, Sp. Sess. II., cc. 1, 2; 1995, cc. 502, 574; 2000, c. 767; 2020,
cc. 1115, 1116; 2025, c. 716.