Virginia SB 55: Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification, penalty.

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20100468D

SENATE BILL NO. 55 

Offered January 8, 2020 

Prefiled November 19, 2019 

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section 
 numbered 9.1-906.1, relating to sex offenders in emergency shelters; 
 notification; penalty. 
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Patron-- Cosgrove 

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Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section 
 numbered 9.1-906.1 as follows:

� 9.1-906.1. Emergency 
 shelters; notification; penalty.

A. Any 
 person required to register or reregister who enters 
 any place or facility that is 
 designated by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof as 
 an emergency shelter and 
 operated in response to a state 
 or local emergency declared pursuant to 
 Chapter 3.2 (� 44-146.13 et seq.) of Title 44 shall, as 
 soon as practicable after entry, notify a 
 member of the emergency shelter's staff 
 who is responsible for providing security at the 
 emergency shelter that such person is a registered sex offender. Any 
 person who violates this subsection is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

B. No 
 person shall be denied entry into an emergency shelter solely on the basis of 
 his status as a registered sex offender unless such entry is otherwise 
 prohibited by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, emergency shelter 
 staff may deny entry of a person on such registry who has been convicted of a 
 sexually violent offense, as defined in � 9.1-902, for a period of time 
 necessary to ensure the safety of other individuals admitted to the emergency 
 shelter. 

C. The 
 use of Registry information that is publicly 
 available on the Internet pursuant to � 9.1-913 by emergency shelter staff pursuant 
 to this section does not constitute a violation of � 9.1-918.

2. That the Department of State Police shall provide to any 
 person required to register on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors 
 Registry at the time of his initial registration a summary of the provisions of 
 this act.