SB 1461 Virginia Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty.

Summary
Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty.Provides that any person who (i) offers, confers, or agrees to conferupon another any pecuniary benefit as consideration for the recipient to act in the unlawful delivery of items or contraband to prisonersor (ii) receives any pecuniary benefit or other consideration toact in in the unlawful delivery of items or contraband to prisonersshall be guilty of bribery, punishable as a Class 4 felony. The billalso provides that any law-enforcement officer, jail officer, or correctionalofficer who violates the provisions of the bill shall be decertifiedand shall be forever ineligible for reemployment as a law-enforcementofficer, jail officer, or correctional officer in the Commonwealth.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 21, 2021 Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 3, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2021

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 3, 2021
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
40
Key actions
12
Committee
13
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 289 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1461H1
lower
Feb 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21200099D-H1
lower
Feb 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 10, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 7, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Jan 27, 2021
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 21, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 21, 2021
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 21102737D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
LL
Lynwood Lewis
DDemocratic
VA
6