republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1456.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juveniles; eligibility for commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice."
description: "Juveniles; eligibility for commitment to theDepartment of Juvenile Justice; eligibility for predispositionalconfinement in a secure facility. Provides that a juvenile maybe committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice (the Department)only if he (i) is adjudicated delinquent of a violent juvenile felonyand is 11 years of age or older or (ii) is 14 years of age or older.The bill provides that no juvenile younger than 11 years of age maybe detained in a secure facility prior to an order of final dispositionunless he is alleged to have committed a violent juvenile felony;in such case, the juvenile may only be detained in an approved foster home, a facility operated by a licensed child welfare agency, oranother suitable place designated by the court and approved by theDepartment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1456"
citation: "Virginia SB 1456 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bb6c4e1-675b-4cfc-8cbc-21e0787e7d97"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1456"
source_hash: "ec42cfca266d7747630f7f4a6aeaac44299e53057c22e8e69a6aca8682f50b7b"
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 1456 (2021) — Juveniles; eligibility for commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice.

Juveniles; eligibility for commitment to theDepartment of Juvenile Justice; eligibility for predispositionalconfinement in a secure facility. Provides that a juvenile maybe committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice (the Department)only if he (i) is adjudicated delinquent of a violent juvenile felonyand is 11 years of age or older or (ii) is 14 years of age or older.The bill provides that no juvenile younger than 11 years of age maybe detained in a secure facility prior to an order of final dispositionunless he is alleged to have committed a violent juvenile felony;in such case, the juvenile may only be detained in an approved foster home, a facility operated by a licensed child welfare agency, oranother suitable place designated by the court and approved by theDepartment.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0115** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0115)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 21102423D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1456)
3. **SB1456ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1456ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 41-N) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David W. Marsden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 21102423D `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
- **2021-02-09** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
- **2021-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-02-17** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2021-02-17** Passed House with amendment (58-Y 41-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 41-N)
- **2021-02-19** House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1456ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 115 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bb6c4e1-675b-4cfc-8cbc-21e0787e7d97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).