republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-1089.md

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Bill	Correctional facilities, state; strip searches of those entering a facility.	Visiting state correctional facilities; strip searches of those entering. Provides that no child under the age of 18 who is seeking entrance to a state correctional facility shall be strip searched or subjected to a search of any body cavity under any circumstances. The bill also provides that the Department may not permanently ban any person, or insinuate that any person will be permanently banned, from seeking entrance to a state correctional facility on the basis of such person's refusal to consent to a strip search or a search of any body cavity when such person is seeking to enter the interior of any state correctional facility. The bill provides that the Department may deny such person entry to the facility, unless otherwise provided by law, but may not deny such person any future entry on the basis of a prior refusal to consent.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 1089	Virginia SB 1089 (2020)	bill		enacted	Joseph D. Morrissey	6	47	11	2020-01-17	2020-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/0f474fe9-9f96-44f3-b348-0e26931f2f88	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1089	267970165ca69975d340c868607ac5cd7d1abd50dc9fd91ccd357b5ebbfca1bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1089 (2020) — Correctional facilities, state; strip searches of those entering a facility.

Visiting state correctional facilities; strip searches of those entering. Provides that no child under the age of 18 who is seeking entrance to a state correctional facility shall be strip searched or subjected to a search of any body cavity under any circumstances. The bill also provides that the Department may not permanently ban any person, or insinuate that any person will be permanently banned, from seeking entrance to a state correctional facility on the basis of such person's refusal to consent to a strip search or a search of any body cavity when such person is seeking to enter the interior of any state correctional facility. The bill provides that the Department may deny such person entry to the facility, unless otherwise provided by law, but may not deny such person any future entry on the basis of a prior refusal to consent.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1181) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1089ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1089E (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1089E (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (SB1089H1) (committee substitute) — source
6. Impact statement from DPB (SB1089S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) — 0–38 (fail) · upper
• Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Referred from Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 20106053D introduction
• 2020-01-17 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-01-24 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-01-28 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-01-28 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1089E
• 2020-01-28 Printed as engrossed 20106053D-E
• 2020-01-29 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB1089E)
• 2020-02-19 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-19 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-19 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Referred from Courts of Justice
• 2020-02-19 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-21 Committee substitute printed 20108805D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB1089H1)
• 2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108805D-H1
• 2020-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1089H1
• 2020-02-26 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
• 2020-03-02 House insisted on substitute
• 2020-03-02 House requested conference committee
• 2020-03-03 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 1-N)
• 2020-03-03 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Conference substitute printed 20109660D-S1
• 2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB1089S1)
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB1089ER)
• 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1181 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f474fe9-9f96-44f3-b348-0e26931f2f88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).