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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I

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SB 1461 Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty.

Introduced by: Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty. Provides that any person who receives any pecuniary benefit or other consideration to act in the unlawful delivery of items or contraband to prisoners is guilty of bribery, punishable as a Class 4 felony. The bill also provides that any law-enforcement officer, jail officer, or correctional officer who violates the provisions of the bill shall be decertified and shall be forever ineligible for reemployment as a law-enforcement officer, jail officer, or correctional officer in the Commonwealth.

FULL TEXT

• 01/21/21  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 21102737D  pdf | impact statements
• 02/12/21  House: Committee substitute printed 21200099D-H1  pdf | impact statements
• 02/24/21  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1461ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/18/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0289)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/21/21  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 21102737D
• 01/21/21  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 01/27/21  Senate: Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/21  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/03/21  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/21  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/04/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/21  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/21  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/07/21  House: Read first time
• 02/07/21  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/08/21  House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
• 02/09/21  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 02/10/21  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/21  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/12/21  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/21  House: Committee substitute printed 21200099D-H1
• 02/12/21  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/15/21  House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/21  House: Read second time
• 02/18/21  House: Read third time
• 02/18/21  House: Committee substitute agreed to 21200099D-H1
• 02/18/21  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1461H1
• 02/18/21  House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/21  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/21  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/21  Senate: Title replaced 21200099D-H1
• 02/24/21  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/24/21  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1461ER)
• 02/24/21  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/25/21  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/01/21  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 03/01/21  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 03/18/21  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 289 (effective 7/1/21)
• 03/18/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0289)