republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1063.md

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Bill	Corrections, State Board of; membership, powers and duties.	Authorizes the State Board of Corrections (the Board) to conduct a review of the death of any inmate in a local or regional correctional facility in order to determine the circumstances surrounding the inmate's death and whether the facility was in compliance with the Board's regulations. The bill requires the Board to develop and implement policies and procedures for the review of the death of any inmate that occurs in any local or regional correctional facility. The bill provides that the Board (i) may request the Department of Corrections to conduct a death review if the Board determines that it cannot adequately conduct such review because the Board is already in the process of conducting another review and (ii) shall request the Office of the State Inspector General to review the operation of any entity other than a correctional facility if such review is necessary to complete the death review. Finally, the bill also specifies requisite qualifications for individuals appointed to the Board.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1063	Virginia SB 1063 (2017)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Prisons and Other Methods of Correction Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	8	34	13	2017-01-06	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/367d2e96-55b5-4a17-af9d-d3939e8b373c	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1063	c733e9d80e43886d1fe783fc62ac59314445b3cea602da845850945406b34893	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1063 (2017) — Corrections, State Board of; membership, powers and duties.

Authorizes the State Board of Corrections (the Board) to conduct a review of the death of any inmate in a local or regional correctional facility in order to determine the circumstances surrounding the inmate's death and whether the facility was in compliance with the Board's regulations. The bill requires the Board to develop and implement policies and procedures for the review of the death of any inmate that occurs in any local or regional correctional facility. The bill provides that the Board (i) may request the Department of Corrections to conduct a death review if the Board determines that it cannot adequately conduct such review because the Board is already in the process of conducting another review and (ii) shall request the Office of the State Inspector General to review the operation of any entity other than a correctional facility if such review is necessary to complete the death review. Finally, the bill also specifies requisite qualifications for individuals appointed to the Board.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0759) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105653D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Floor substitute printed 17105745D-H2 (Jones) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1063ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104123D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104924D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate: Conference substitute printed 17105884D-S3 (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102162D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by House — 90–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate acceded to request — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance with substitute — 16–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute rejected by Senate — 0–40 (fail) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
• John A. Cosgrove, Jr. (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102162D introduction
• 2017-01-06 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Incorporates SB942 (Cosgrove)
• 2017-02-02 Incorporates SB942 (Cosgrove)
• 2017-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-03 Committee substitute rejected 17104123D-S1
• 2017-02-03 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 17104924D-S2
• 2017-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1063S2
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Assigned App. sub: Public Safety referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-22 Floor substitute printed 17105745D-H2 (Jones)
• 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-22 Committee substitute rejected 17105653D-H1
• 2017-02-22 Substitute by Delegate Jones agreed to 17105745D-H2
• 2017-02-22 Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB1063H2
• 2017-02-22 Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-23 House requested conference committee
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-25 Amended by conference committee
• 2017-02-25 Conference substitute printed 17105884D-S3
• 2017-02-25 Conference report agreed to by House (90-Y 0-N)
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 759 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/367d2e96-55b5-4a17-af9d-d3939e8b373c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).