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Bill

Inquiry and report of immigration status; persons charged with or convicted of certain crimes.

Inquiry and report of immigration status; personscharged with or convicted of certain crimes. Removes provisionsrequiring (i) jail officers to ascertain the citizenship of any inmatetaken into custody at a jail, (ii) probation and parole officersto inquire as to the citizenship status of an individual convictedof a felony in circuit court and referred to such officers, and (iii)officers in charge of correctional facilities to inquire as to thecitizenship of any person committed to a correctional facility, and therefore such information is not required to be reported to theCentral Criminal Records Exchange of the Department of State Police.The bill also removes the mandatory duty of the clerk of a courtcommitting a convicted alien to a correctional facility to furnishrelated court records to a United States immigration officer andthe requirement that an intake officer report to the Bureau of Immigrationand Customs Enforcement of the U.S. Department of Homeland Securityany juvenile detained on an allegation that the juvenile, believedto be in the United States illegally, committed a violent felony.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 491

Virginia SB 491 (2020)

bill

enacted

Scott A. Surovell

2020-01-07

2020-04-09

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ocd-bill/1a062178-ac47-4603-a131-437fced8fef7

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB491

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2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

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Virginia SB 491 (2020) — Inquiry and report of immigration status; persons charged with or convicted of certain crimes.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0996) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB491ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB491S1 (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB491S1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB491H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: Passage (51-Y 45-N) — 50–45 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 3-N) — 3–3 (fail) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 3-N) — 8–3 (pass) · upper
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104908D introduction
2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2020-01-29 Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 3-N) committee-passage
2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-03 Passed by for the day
2020-02-04 Floor substitute printed 20107555D-S1 (Surovell)
2020-02-04 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-04 Substitute by Senator agreed to 20107555D-S1
2020-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB491S1
2020-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB491S1)
2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-18 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
2020-02-18 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
2020-02-24 Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 3-N)
2020-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 9-N) committee-passage
2020-03-02 Committee substitute printed 20109051D-H1 substitution
2020-03-04 Read second time reading-2
2020-03-05 Read third time reading-3
2020-03-05 Committee substitute rejected 20109051D-H1
2020-03-05 Passed House (51-Y 45-N) passage
2020-03-05 VOTE: Passage (51-Y 45-N)
2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB491H1)
2020-03-12 Enrolled
2020-03-12 Signed by President
2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB491ER)
2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 996 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a062178-ac47-4603-a131-437fced8fef7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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