Bill Text: VA SB1461 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote [SB1461 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2021-SB1461-Introduced.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-474.2 as follows:
§18.2-474.2. Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty.
A. Any person who (i) offers, confers, or agrees to confer upon another any pecuniary benefit as consideration for the recipient to act in violation of §18.2-474 or 18.2-474.1 or (ii) receives any pecuniary benefit or other consideration to act in violation of §18.2-474 or 18.2-474.1 shall be guilty of bribery, punishable as a Class 4 felony.
B. Any law-enforcement officer as defined in §9.1-101, jail officer as defined in §53.1-1, or correctional officer as defined in §53.1-1 who violates this section shall be decertified in accordance with § 15.2-1707, if applicable, and shall be forever ineligible for reemployment as a law-enforcement officer, jail officer, or correctional officer in the Commonwealth.
2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to §30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities; therefore, Chapter 1289 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020 requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum fiscal impact of $50,000. Pursuant to §30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
