Virginia Senate Bill 55 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 19 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-13 - Stricken at the request of Patron in Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification; 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. This bill provides that no person shall be denied entry solely on the basis of his status as a sex offender unless such entry is otherwise prohibited by law, but emergency shelter staff may deny entry of a person on such registry who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense for a period of time necessary to ensure the safety of other individuals admitted to the emergency shelter.

Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification, penalty.

Sen. John Cosgrove [R]

2020-01-13 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-13	Senate	Stricken at the request of Patron in Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2019-11-19	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2019-11-19	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100468D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
9	1	906.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB55
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB55+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0007+SB0055