Commonwealth Public Safety
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Law-enforcement employees; alleged wrongdoing. [SB-669]
Alleged wrongdoing of law-enforcement employees. Requires all law-enforcement agencies that employ at least 10 law-enforcement officers, to ensure that, in the case of all written citizen complaints or complaints submitted in an electronic format, the agency (i) allows for the submission of citizen complaints through the agency's website or other electronic format; (ii) provides a receipt or written acknowledgment confirming the submission of the complaint to the individual filing such complaint; (iii) provides a written response to any individual
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/08/2022
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Marijuana; expungement of offenses, civil penalty. [SB-742]
Expungement of offenses civil penalty. Provides for the automatic sealing of misdemeanor marijuana offenses and the petition-based sealing for certain felony marijuana offenses. The bill requires a business screening service, defined in the bill, to destroy all expunged records, as defined in the bill, and to follow reasonable procedures to ensure that it does not maintain or sell expunged records. The bill also provides that any petition for expungement shall be kept under seal and that an indigent person may file a petition for expungement without
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Marcus alert system; participation in the system is optional for localities, etc. [HB-1191]
Marcus alert system; participation. Extends the date by which localities shall establish voluntary databases to be made available to the 9-1-1 alert system and the Marcus alert system to provide relevant mental health information and emergency contact information for appropriate response to an emergency or crisis from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2023, and provides an exemption to the requirement that localities establish protocols for local law-enforcement agencies to enter into memorandums of agreement with mobile crisis response providers regarding
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0619) on 04/11/2022
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Group Violence Intervention Board, Division of Group Violence Intervention, etc.; established. [SB-592]
Group Violence Intervention Board; Division of Group Violence Intervention; Project Ceasefire Grant Fund; Project Exit Grant Fund; report. Establishes the Group Violence Intervention Board to coordinate and assist federal, state, and local group violence intervention efforts. The bill also establishes within the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) the Division of Group Violence Intervention (the Division), to be headed by an executive director appointed by the Director of the Department. The bill provides that the Division is
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (8-y 6-n 1-a) on 02/02/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Criminal records; sealing of records. [SB-543]
Criminal records; sealing of records; repeal. Repeals provisions not yet effective allowing for the automatic and petition-based sealing of police and court records for certain convictions, deferred dispositions, and acquittals and for offenses that have been nolle prossed or otherwise dismissed.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 01/26/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Human trafficking; training for law-enforcement personnel. [SB-467]
Human trafficking training for law-enforcement personnel. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards for law-enforcement personnel regarding the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0046) on 04/01/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
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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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Line of Duty Act; Virginia licensed health practitioners required to conduct medical reviews. [SB-468]
Virginia Retirement System; Line of Duty Act; medical reviews to be conducted by Virginia practitioners. Provides that, for any medical review of a claim made pursuant to the provisions of the Line of Duty Act, the Virginia Retirement System shall require that such review be conducted by a doctor, nurse, or psychologist who is licensed in Virginia or a contiguous state. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0484) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
School boards; employment of at least one school resource officer in elementary & secondary schools. [SB-415]
School boards; school resource officers; employment; threat assessment. Requires each school board to enter into a collaborative agreement with the local law-enforcement agency to employ at least one school resource officer in each public elementary and secondary school in the local school division. The bill provides that no school board shall be granted any full or partial waiver from such staffing requirements and that no school board that fails to fully comply with such staffing requirements is eligible for any grant or waiver from the Commonwealth,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Failed To Report (defeated) In Education And Health (4-y 11-n) on 02/03/2022
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Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification, registration, penalty. [HB-1080]
Sex offenders in emergency shelters; notification registration. Provides that a registered sex offender who enters an emergency shelter designated by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof and operated in response to a declared state or local emergency shall, as soon as practicable after entry, notify a member of the shelter's staff who is responsible for providing security of such person's status as a registered sex offender. This bill provides that no person shall be denied entry solely on the basis of his status as a sex offender
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0316) on 04/11/2022
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Law-enforcement officers; conduct of investigation. [HB-870]
Law-enforcement officers; conduct of investigation. Requires that a law-enforcement officer who is under investigation for an officer-involved shooting or an instance of alleged use of excessive force be questioned not more than 24 hours after the incident is reported.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
General Services, Department of; point-based program for prime contractors. [HB-967]
Department of General Services; point-based program for prime contractors. Provides that when an awarded contract includes a small business subcontracting plan, the prime contractor shall be required to report compliance with its small business subcontracting plans using the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement system. The bill provides that before final payment is made, the purchasing agency shall confirm that the prime contractor certified compliance with the contract's small business subcontracting plan; that contracts
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Sponsored by: Sen. Suhas Subramanyam
Left In General Laws on 02/15/2022
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Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; requirements of members. [HB-1000]
Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; requirements. Requires every member appointed to a locality's law-enforcement civilian oversight body to observe a law-enforcement officer employed with such locality's law-enforcement agency while such law-enforcement officer is engaged in his official duties. The bill also provides that any disciplinary determination recommended by a law-enforcement civilian oversight body shall be advisory and that if any law-enforcement agency declines to implement such recommendation, such agency shall create and make
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/28/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership, etc. [HB-873]
Public elementary and secondary schools; threat assessment team membership; law-enforcement liaison for certain school administrators. Requires, in the case of any public elementary or secondary school in which a school resource officer is employed, the threat assessment team for such school to include at least one such school resource officer. The bill requires the chief local law-enforcement officer for any local school division in which a public elementary or secondary school does not employ a school resource officer to designate a law-enforcement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0769) on 04/27/2022
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Gun Violence Survivor Assistance Fund and Grant Program; established. [HB-798]
Gun Violence Survivor Assistance Fund and Grant Program. Establishes the Gun Violence Survivor Assistance Fund and Grant Program, to be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for the purpose of providing grants to gun violence survivors who are in need of financial assistance to make accessibility adaptations to their homes to accommodate a disability resulting from a gun violence-related injury.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kenneth Plum
Tabled In Public Safety (12-y 10-n) on 02/09/2022
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Group violence intervention; definition, Operation Ceasefire Grant Fund created. [HB-833]
Group violence intervention; establishment of Operation Ceasefire Grant Fund. Creates the Operation Ceasefire Grant Fund (the Fund) to be managed by the Office of the Attorney General. The bill provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used to implement violent crime reduction strategies, to provide training for law-enforcement officers and prosecutors, to provide equipment for law-enforcement agencies, and to award grants to organizations that are involved in group violence intervention efforts. The bill defines "group violence intervention" as
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Continued To 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 Pursuant To Hjr455 on 03/12/2022
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Volunteer Fire Department Training Fund; created. [HB-746]
Volunteer Fire Department Training Fund. Creates a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Volunteer Fire Department Training Fund that shall be used solely for the purposes of assisting or reimbursing volunteer fire departments or volunteer fire companies with the costs of training and certifying volunteer firefighters. The bill also requires the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to establish a work group to study the accessibility and availability of training programs with a specific focus on providing training programs to
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0765) on 04/27/2022
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Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose, guidelines. [HB-749]
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; purpose. 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 sexual assault nurse examiners, with priority
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0210) on 04/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; funding for sexual assault services. [HB-408]
Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund; funding for sexual assault services. Adds payments to sexual assault service providers and hospitals for the purpose of providing salaries and equipment for sexual assault nurse examiners and pediatric forensic nurses to the list of purposes for which funds from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund may be used and requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to prioritize funding to sexual assault service providers and hospitals that provide sexual assault nurse examiner
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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Law-enforcement agencies; acquisition of military property. [HB-813]
Acquisition of certain military property by law-enforcement agencies. Changes the limitation on the acquisition or purchase of military property by a law-enforcement agency from firearms of .50 caliber or higher to rifles of .50 caliber or higher and from ammunition of .50 caliber or higher to rifle ammunition of .50 caliber or higher.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wren Williams
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0375) on 04/11/2022