republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-673.md

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Bill	Correctional facilities, local; entry privileges.	Local correctional facilities; entry privileges.Authorizes the Governor and members of the General Assembly toenter the interior of any local correctional facility.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 673	Virginia SB 673 (2022)	bill		enacted	Joseph D. Morrissey	3	25	6	2022-01-20	2022-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/07e71ac0-2718-4385-807c-8f73499d3088	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB673	5cf8cf592e9447d9b65fd5bb7010f5a5871032a8f3cdbff0c29e4579023e0cec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 673 (2022) — Correctional facilities, local; entry privileges.

Local correctional facilities; entry privileges.Authorizes the Governor and members of the General Assembly toenter the interior of any local correctional facility.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0277 (committee substitute) — source
2. Presented and ordered printed 22103030D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB673ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N) — 95–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 1-N 1-A) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Public Safety (17-Y 3-N) — 17–3 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 3-N) — 35–3 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 22103030D introduction
• 2022-01-20 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2022-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB673)
• 2022-02-04 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-04 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 1-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2022-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-08 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-09 Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 3-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-03-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
• 2022-03-04 Reported from Public Safety (17-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-09 Passed House (96-Y 3-N) passage
• 2022-03-09 VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N)
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled
• 2022-03-11 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB673ER)
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 277 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07e71ac0-2718-4385-807c-8f73499d3088. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).