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type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional facilities, state; strip searches of those entering a facility."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1089"
citation: "Virginia SB 1089 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph D. Morrissey"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f474fe9-9f96-44f3-b348-0e26931f2f88"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1089"
source_hash: "267970165ca69975d340c868607ac5cd7d1abd50dc9fd91ccd357b5ebbfca1bd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1181)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1089ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1089ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1089E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1089E)
4. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1089E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1089)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB1089H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1089H1)
6. **Impact statement from DPB (SB1089S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1089S1)
## Votes
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) — **038** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 1-N) — **391** (pass) · upper
- Referred from Courts of Justice — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **60** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f474fe9-9f96-44f3-b348-0e26931f2f88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).