republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1080.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification, registration, penalty."
description: "Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification registration; penalty. Provides that a registered sex offender who enters an emergency shelter designated by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof and operated in response to a declared state or local emergency shall, as soon as practicable after entry, notify a member of the shelter's staff who is responsible for providing security of such person's status as a registered sex offender. The bill provides that any person who fails to notify the shelter's staff of his status as a registered sex offender is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. The bill provides that the shelter's staff may access the publicly available information on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry regarding such person and use such information to ensure the safety of all persons in the shelter, but such staff shall not disclose the status of the registered sex offender to any person residing in the shelter, unless otherwise required by law. The bill requires that the Department of State Police provide to any registered sex offender at the time of his initial registration a summary of his obligation to inform the staff of an emergency shelter of his status as a registered sex offender."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1080"
citation: "Virginia HB 1080 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20d05e10-5794-49c6-8a1a-d6664dab655d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1080"
source_hash: "aaf36c2af399e85ec1c11701259990027948401062ada4c5cf8d9eace5756fc0"
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 HB 1080 (2022) — Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification, registration, penalty.

Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification registration; penalty. Provides that a registered sex offender who enters an emergency shelter designated by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof and operated in response to a declared state or local emergency shall, as soon as practicable after entry, notify a member of the shelter's staff who is responsible for providing security of such person's status as a registered sex offender. The bill provides that any person who fails to notify the shelter's staff of his status as a registered sex offender is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. The bill provides that the shelter's staff may access the publicly available information on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry regarding such person and use such information to ensure the safety of all persons in the shelter, but such staff shall not disclose the status of the registered sex offender to any person residing in the shelter, unless otherwise required by law. The bill requires that the Department of State Police provide to any registered sex offender at the time of his initial registration a summary of his obligation to inform the staff of an emergency shelter of his status as a registered sex offender.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0316** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0316)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106764D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1080S1)
3. **HB1080ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1080ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101582D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1080)
5. **Printed as engrossed 22101582D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1080E)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 3-N) — **17–3** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Referred from General Laws — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (77-Y 22-N) — **76–22** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N) — **24–16** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101582D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1080)
- **2022-02-01** Referred from General Laws
- **2022-02-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-04** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
- **2022-02-08** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-02-14** Passed by temporarily
- **2022-02-14** Amendment by Delegate Leftwich agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended HB1080E
- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22101582D-E
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N)
- **2022-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1080E)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-21** Committee substitute printed 22106764D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-23** Committee substitute agreed to 22106764D-S1
- **2022-02-23** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1080S1
- **2022-02-23** Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1080S1)
- **2022-02-25** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22106764D-S1 (77-Y 22-N)
- **2022-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (77-Y 22-N)
- **2022-03-01** Enrolled
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1080ER)
- **2022-03-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-02** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 316 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20d05e10-5794-49c6-8a1a-d6664dab655d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).