Commonwealth Public Safety
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
School Resource Officer Grants Program and Fund; awarding grants. [SB-1099]
School Resource Officer Grants Program and Fund. Provides that matching grants from the School Resource Officer Incentive Grants Fund may be awarded to local law-enforcement agencies and local school boards for the expenses related to the equipment necessary for uniformed school resource officers, school security officers, and other relevant school safety personnel and the enhancement of the school-law enforcement partnership through training and programming as determined by the Department; provided, however, that such grants shall not be used for
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0610) on 03/26/2023
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Law-enforcement officers; training standards, comprehensive harm reduction program. [HB-1774]
Training standards for law-enforcement officers; comprehensive harm reduction program; drug use. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards and publish and periodically update model policies for law-enforcement personnel for a comprehensive harm reduction program that promotes scientifically proven methods of mitigating health risks associated with drug use and other high-risk behaviors, including the use of naloxone or other opioid antagonists to prevent opioid overdose deaths, in coordination with statewide
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Public Safety on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officer; definition includes fire marshal with police powers. [SB-1046]
Definition of law-enforcement officer; fire marshal with police powers; report. Provides that fire marshals who have been appointed with police powers are included in the definition of law-enforcement officer that applies in numerous applications in the Code. The bill contains a reenactment clause that applies to these amendments to the Code and directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to convene a work group composed of various stakeholders to examine and make recommendations on the inclusion of fire marshals with police powers in such
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0672) on 03/26/2023
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Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; expands the Supplement to the Registry. [HB-1687]
Supplement to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. Expands the Supplement to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry to include information on persons who were convicted of certain sexual offenses on or after July 1, 1970, and before July 1, 1994, who are not currently on the Registry, and persons convicted of former sexual offenses on or after July 1, 1970 and before October 1, 1975, who are not currently on the Registry. The Supplement currently includes information on such persons who were convicted on or after July
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emily Brewer
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/08/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
School Resource Officer Grants Program and Fund; awarding grants. [HB-1691]
School Resource Officer Grants Program and Fund. Provides that matching grants from the School Resource Officer Incentive Grants Fund may be awarded to local law-enforcement agencies and local school boards for the expenses related to the equipment necessary for uniformed school resource officers, school security officers, and other relevant school safety personnel and the enhancement of the school-law enforcement partnership through training and programming as determined by the Department; provided, however, that such grants shall not be used for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0609) on 03/26/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Civilian deaths in custody; report. [HB-1654]
Civilian deaths in custody; report. Requires every law-enforcement agency and correctional facility to report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, under arrest or in the process of being arrested, en route to be incarcerated, incarcerated, or otherwise in the custody of such law-enforcement agency or correctional facility. The bill provides that any law-enforcement agency or correctional facility that fails to comply may, at the discretion of the Department, be declared
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Public Safety on 02/07/2023
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School protection officers; employment in public schools. [SB-920]
Employment of school protection officers in public schools. Permits any local law-enforcement agency to employ in any public elementary or secondary school in the local school division, pursuant to an agreement with the local school board, a school protection officer, defined in the bill as a retired law-enforcement officer hired by the local law-enforcement agency on a part-time basis to provide limited law-enforcement and security services to public elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth. The bill requires each such school board
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Failed To Report (defeated) In Judiciary (7-y 8-n) on 01/25/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Hard body armor; wearing in public, exceptions, penalty. [HB-1585]
Wearing of hard body armor in public; exceptions; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor, for any person to wear hard body armor, as defined in the bill, anywhere other than while on his own private property. The bill provides exceptions for (i) any law-enforcement officer, conservator of the peace, or member of the Armed Forces of the United States or of the National Guard of Virginia or of any other state while engaged in the performance of his official duties or (ii) any person engaged in such other profession as designated on a list published
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Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Sullivan
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
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K-9 Detection Teams; permitted in public schools. [HB-1556]
Employment of K-9 Detection Teams in public schools permitted. Permits any school board to employ or hire on a contract basis in any public elementary or secondary school in the local school division a full-time or part-time K-9 Detection Team, defined in the bill as a safety assessment team that (i) consists of a canine and a canine handler who are trained specifically to detect explosives, firearms, narcotics, and tobacco products and nicotine vapor products, as those terms are defined in relevant law, and (ii) is employed by a school board or
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emily Brewer
Passed By Indefinitely In Education And Health (9-y 6-n) on 02/16/2023
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Va. Opioid Use Reduction & Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment & Transition Fund; created. [HB-1524]
Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund; established. Establishes the Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund to be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for the purpose of funding and supporting the planning and implementation of locally administered jail-based addiction recovery and substance use disorder treatment and transition programs in local and regional jails. The bill has a delayed effective date of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0649) on 03/26/2023
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Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; requirements of members. [HB-1501]
Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; requirements. Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; requirements. Requires every member appointed to a locality's law-enforcement civilian oversight body to observe within 90 days of the member's appointment a law-enforcement officer employed with such locality's law-enforcement agency while such law-enforcement officer is engaged in his official duties and that such observation total no fewer than 24 hours, a portion of which includes a ride-along with a law-enforcement officer. The bill also provides
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/20/2023
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Law-enforcement officers, retired state; retention of badge. [HB-1459]
Retired state law-enforcement officers; retention of badge. Provides that on and after July 1, 2023, upon the retirement of a state law-enforcement officer who is not a State Police officer, the employing department or agency shall, upon request of the retiree, award the retiree his badge or other insignia of his office for permanent keeping, provided that the employing department or agency has the badge or insignia mounted in such a manner that it will be impossible for anyone to display such badge or insignia upon his person. Under current law,
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0026) on 03/16/2023
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Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; appointment of sworn unit investigators to Unit, powers and duties. [HB-1452]
Appointment of sworn unit investigators to Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. Allows the Attorney General to designate up to 30 persons in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit as sworn unit investigators, sworn only to enforce the provisions of law related to the provision and receipt of medical assistance services in the Commonwealth. The bill defines sworn unit investigators as law-enforcement officers and specifies that sworn unit investigators will remain subject to the federal requirements authorizing State Medicaid Fraud Control Units and are required
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0619) on 03/26/2023
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Va. Opioid Use Reduction & Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment & Transition Fund; created. [SB-820]
Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund; established. Establishes the Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund to be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for the purpose of funding and supporting the planning and implementation of locally administered jail-based addiction recovery and substance use disorder treatment and transition programs in local and regional jails. The bill has a delayed effective date of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0650) on 03/26/2023
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Community Policing Act; repeals Act. [HB-1401]
Community Policing Act; repeal. Repeals the Community Policing Act that, under current law, prohibits law-enforcement officers and State Police officers from engaging in bias-based profiling in the performance of their official duties. The bill also repeals the provisions requiring the State Police to create the Community Policing Reporting Database into which sheriffs, police forces, and State Police officers report certain data pertaining to, among other law-enforcement activities, investigatory motor vehicle stops.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marie March
Subcommittee Recommends Reporting (5-y 0-n) on 02/02/2023
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Court-appointed counsel, et al.; training standards for interacting w/ victims of sexual assaults. [HB-1340]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council; court-appointed counsel; training standards for interacting with victims of criminal sexual assault. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in conjunction with the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council, to establish compulsory training standards for law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth for sensitivity to and awareness of cultural diversity when interviewing, questioning, or examining
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Sponsored by: Rep. Karrie Delaney
Left In Courts Of Justice on 11/22/2022
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Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose, fee apportionment. [SB-299]
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose; fee apportionment. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall adopt guidelines to make funds from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund, which is used to support the prosecution of domestic violence cases and victim services, available to sexual assault service providers and hospitals for the purpose of funding the cost of salaries and equipment for sexual assault forensic examiners, sexual assault nurse examiners, and pediatric forensic nurses, with
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In Finance And Appropriations on 11/21/2022
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Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention, Virginia Center; established. [SB-487]
Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention; Virginia Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund; creation. Establishes the Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention (the Center) within the Department of Criminal Justice Services and transfers to the Center the administration of the existing Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Continued To 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 Pursuant To Hjr455 on 03/12/2022
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Law-enforcement officers, former; retention of identification and badge. [SB-743]
Former law-enforcement officers; retention of identification and badge. Provides that a former law-enforcement officer with at least 10 years of service who has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or is disabled shall, upon request, be issued a photo identification and badge indicating that he honorably served, both of which will be mounted by the employing department or agency in such a manner that it will be impossible for anyone to carry it on his person. Former law-enforcement officers; retention of identification and badge. Provides
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0491) on 04/11/2022
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Court-appointed counsel, et. al; training standards for interacting w/ victims of sexual assaults. [HB-1340]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council; court-appointed counsel; training standards for interacting with victims of criminal sexual assault. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in conjunction with the Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council, to establish compulsory training standards for law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth for sensitivity to and awareness of cultural diversity when interviewing, questioning, or examining
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Sponsored by: Rep. Karrie Delaney
Continued To 2023 In Courts Of Justice By Voice Vote on 02/07/2022