republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-215.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inmates; review of death in local correctional facilities, report."
description: "Review of death of inmates in local correctional facilities; report. Provides that the Board of Corrections shall publish, on its website, an annual report summarizing the jail death reviews conducted by the Board within that year. The bill provides that such report shall include any trends or similarities among the deaths of inmates in local correctional facilities and present recommendations on policy changes to reduce the number of deaths in local correctional facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 215"
citation: "Virginia SB 215 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-12-30"
last_action: "2020-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25863aba-abb9-4d76-8651-580f0876d537"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB215"
source_hash: "d753e2de0005b7bc37821ec7f8c1f1c1c67402a6a19ff96b31a00024c6f16b4c"
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 215 (2020) — Inmates; review of death in local correctional facilities, report.

Review of death of inmates in local correctional facilities; report. Provides that the Board of Corrections shall publish, on its website, an annual report summarizing the jail death reviews conducted by the Board within that year. The bill provides that such report shall include any trends or similarities among the deaths of inmates in local correctional facilities and present recommendations on policy changes to reduce the number of deaths in local correctional facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1287)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1287)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB215ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB215ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB215E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB215E)
4. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB215E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB215)
5. **SB215S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB215S1)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Amendments specific and severable (20-Y 19-N) — **20–19** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (12-Y 1-N) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101821D `introduction`
- **2019-12-30** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (12-Y 1-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 amendment waived
- **2020-01-28** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-01-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB215E
- **2020-01-28** Printed as engrossed 20101821D-E
- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB215E)
- **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`
- **2020-02-21** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-02** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-03-05** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB215ER)
- **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
- **2020-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- **2020-04-11** Governor's substitute printed 20110070D-S1
- **2020-04-22** Amendments specific and severable (20-Y 19-N)
- **2020-04-22** Passed by for the day
- **2020-04-22** Communicated to Governor
- **2020-04-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 22, 2020
- **2020-05-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1287 (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/25863aba-abb9-4d76-8651-580f0876d537`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).