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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty."
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description: "Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty.Provides that any person who (i) offers, confers, or agrees to conferupon another any pecuniary benefit as consideration for the recipient to act in the unlawful delivery of items or contraband to prisonersor (ii) receives any pecuniary benefit or other consideration toact in in the unlawful delivery of items or contraband to prisonersshall be guilty of bribery, punishable as a Class 4 felony. The billalso provides that any law-enforcement officer, jail officer, or correctionalofficer who violates the provisions of the bill shall be decertifiedand shall be forever ineligible for reemployment as a law-enforcementofficer, jail officer, or correctional officer in the Commonwealth."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 1461"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1461 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2021-01-21"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d411b1ff-ddd3-4583-a539-cab61f4c819f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1461"
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source_hash: "5075a20feb54c8ad85bd975ef4e954c2df3a9ac499cc4e60dcd105ed51b732d6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1461 (2021) — Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty.
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Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty.Provides that any person who (i) offers, confers, or agrees to conferupon another any pecuniary benefit as consideration for the recipient to act in the unlawful delivery of items or contraband to prisonersor (ii) receives any pecuniary benefit or other consideration toact in in the unlawful delivery of items or contraband to prisonersshall be guilty of bribery, punishable as a Class 4 felony. The billalso provides that any law-enforcement officer, jail officer, or correctionalofficer who violates the provisions of the bill shall be decertifiedand shall be forever ineligible for reemployment as a law-enforcementofficer, jail officer, or correctional officer in the Commonwealth.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0289** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0289)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21200099D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1461H1)
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3. **Presented and ordered printed 21102737D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1461)
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4. **SB1461ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1461ER)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 21102737D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1461)
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- **2021-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB1461)
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- **2021-01-27** Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-27** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-07** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
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- **2021-02-09** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-10** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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- **2021-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-12** Committee substitute printed 21200099D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2021-02-12** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-15** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-16** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1461H1)
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- **2021-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1461H1)
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- **2021-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-18** Committee substitute agreed to 21200099D-H1
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- **2021-02-18** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1461H1
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- **2021-02-18** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-18** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-22** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-22** Title replaced 21200099D-H1
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- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1461ER)
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- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 289 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d411b1ff-ddd3-4583-a539-cab61f4c819f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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