VA SB 570
Status unknownSearch warrants; unattended deaths.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did VA SB 570 pass?
The current status of VA SB 570 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-11): Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
What is VA SB 570 about?
Search warrants; unattended deaths. Authorizes the issuance of a search warrant to search any place for (i) a dead human body where, at the time of death, the decedent was not being attended to by a physician or (ii) evidence of the cause or manner of death of such a body.
Who sponsors VA SB 570?
Tammy Brankley Mulchi is the primary sponsor of VA SB 570.
Description
Search warrants; unattended deaths. Authorizes the issuance of a search warrant to search any place for (i) a dead human body where, at the time of death, the decedent was not being attended to by a physician or (ii) evidence of the cause or manner of death of such a body.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-14
- Latest action
- 2026-02-11 — Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Tammy Brankley Mulchiprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-11
Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2026-02-11
Senate committee offered
2026-02-09
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB570)
2026-01-14
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee
2026-01-14
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103541D
filing,introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Continued to next session in Courts of Justice
2026-02-11 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Scott A. Surovell: yes
- Mark D. Obenshain: yes
- Ryan T. McDougle: yes
- R. Creigh Deeds: yes
- Richard H. Stuart: yes
- William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
- Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
- Mark J. Peake: yes
- Lamont Bagby: yes
- Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
- Russet Perry: yes
- Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
- Barbara A. Favola: not voting
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
Related bills
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