Legislative record

SB 570STATE · VirginiaIntroduced

Search warrants; unattended deaths.

Voted 7/21/2026View source

Summary

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.

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Action history

  1. 7/21/2026Continued from last session
  2. 2/11/2026Continued to next session in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
  3. 2/11/2026Senate committee offered
  4. 2/9/2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB570)
  5. 1/14/2026Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103541D
  6. 1/14/2026Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice