republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-52.md

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Bill	Juveniles; places of confinement.	Provides that when juveniles who are determined by the court to be a threat to the security or safety of other juveniles detained in a juvenile secure facility are transferred to or confined to a jail or other facility for the detention of adults, such adult-detention facility must be approved by the State Board of Corrections for the detention of juveniles. The bill removes an existing provision that such juveniles need not be separated and removed from the adult detainees when confined with adults. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 52	Virginia SB 52 (2018)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Courts Not of Record Minors	enacted	Lionell Spruill, Sr.	2	15	5	2017-11-27	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/d142dee0-423a-4f25-adff-2c1c1404323b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB52	2b676f8f5021c8413c4b04384b07e051a95bd57b1891e798319558a0bfb12cf7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 52 (2018) — Juveniles; places of confinement.

Provides that when juveniles who are determined by the court to be a threat to the security or safety of other juveniles detained in a juvenile secure facility are transferred to or confined to a jail or other facility for the detention of adults, such adult-detention facility must be approved by the State Board of Corrections for the detention of juveniles. The bill removes an existing provision that such juveniles need not be separated and removed from the adult detainees when confined with adults. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB52ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100976D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 17–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-11-27 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100976D introduction
• 2017-11-27 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-24 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-01-29 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-29 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-19 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-02-21 Enrolled
• 2018-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 73 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d142dee0-423a-4f25-adff-2c1c1404323b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).