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Virginia 2021 Special I
Behavioral health docket; transfer of supervision. [HB-2236]
Behavioral health docket; transfer of supervision. Provides that if an offender determined to be eligible to participate in a behavioral health docket resides in a locality other than that in which the behavioral health docket is located, or such offender desires to move to a locality other than that in which the behavioral health docket is located, and the court determines it is practicable and appropriate, the supervision of such offender may be transferred to a supervising agency in the new locality. The bill states that if the receiving agency
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0191) on 03/18/2021
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Criminal records; sealing of records, Sealing Fee Fund created, penalties, report. [HB-2113]
Sealing of criminal records; penalties. Establishes a process for the automatic sealing of police and court records, defined in the bill, for certain convictions, deferred dispositions, and acquittals and for offenses that have been nolle prossed or otherwise dismissed. The bill also allows a person to petition for the sealing of police and court records relating to certain convictions. The bill has staggered delayed effective dates in order to develop systems for implementing the provisions of the bill. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Enacted, Chapter 542 (effective - See Bill) on 04/07/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Court-appointed special advocates; information sharing. [HB-1866]
Court-appointed special advocates; information sharing. Permits court-appointed special advocates to participate in and verbally share information with family partnership meetings and in meetings of family assessment and planning teams, multidisciplinary child sexual abuse response teams, individualized education program teams, and multidisciplinary teams related to child abuse. Court-appointed special advocates; information sharing. Permits court-appointed special advocates to participate in and verbally share information with family partnership
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0177) on 03/18/2021
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Sexual and Domestic Violence, Advisory Committee on; increases membership, duties. [HB-2317]
Advisory Committee on Sexual and Domestic Violence; membership; duties. Increases from 15 to 19 the total number of members of the Advisory Committee on Sexual and Domestic Violence (the Advisory Committee) by adding the Executive Director of the Virginia Victim Assistance Network and by increasing from six to nine the number of nonlegislative citizen members. The bill streamlines the responsibilities and duties of the Advisory Committee to (i) promotion of appropriate and effective responses, services, and prevention for sexual assault and domestic
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Sponsored by: Rep. Roxann Robinson
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0193) on 03/18/2021
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Fire training activities; prohibition on the use of certain oriented strand board. [HB-2029]
Department of Fire Programs; prohibition on the use of certain oriented strand board in fire training activities. Prohibits the burning by any person, local government, or agency of the Commonwealth of Class A fuel materials that contain oriented strand board, defined in the bill, during live fire training activities. Department of Fire Programs; prohibition on the use of certain oriented strand board in fire training activities. Prohibits the burning by any person, local government, or agency of the Commonwealth of Class A fuel materials that
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0285) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Criminal Justice Services Board and Committee on Training; membership. [SB-1256]
Membership on Criminal Justice Services Board and Committee on Training; law-enforcement training. Requires the social justice organization represented by a member of the Criminal Justice Services Board and a member of the Committee on Training be engaged in advancing inclusion and human rights. The bill contains a technical amendment to compulsory in-service training for law-enforcement officers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0467) on 03/31/2021
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Law-enforcement agencies; body-worn camera systems. [SB-1119]
Law-enforcement agencies; body-worn camera systems. Creates a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Body-Worn Camera System Fund to assist state or local law-enforcement agencies with the costs of purchasing, operating, and maintaining body-worn camera systems. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2023. Law-enforcement agencies; body-worn camera systems. Creates a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Body-Worn Camera System Fund to assist state or local law-enforcement agencies with the costs of purchasing, operating, and maintaining
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0335) on 03/24/2021
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Victims of crime; certifications for victims of qualifying criminal activity. [SB-1468]
Certifications for victims of qualifying criminal activity. Establishes a process for a state or local law-enforcement agency, an attorney for the Commonwealth, the Attorney General, or any other agency or department employing law-enforcement officers to complete a certification form or declaration that is required by federal immigration law certifying that a person is a victim of qualifying criminal activity. Certifications for victims of qualifying criminal activity. Establishes a process for a state or local law-enforcement agency, an attorney
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0468) on 03/31/2021
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Central station dispatchers; exempt from training requirement if station has certification. [SB-85]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; private security services businesses; exemption from training for certain central dispatchers. Provides that central station dispatchers employed by a central station that is certified by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory are exempt from training requirements established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill defines "Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory" as the designation given by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration to a private sector testing facility
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Watkins
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0610) on 04/04/2014
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Criminal Justice Services, Department of; human trafficking policy. [SB-654]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; human trafficking policy. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to publish and disseminate a model policy or guideline for law-enforcement personnel involved in criminal investigations or assigned to vehicle or street patrol duties to ensure that law-enforcement personnel are sensitive to and aware of human trafficking offenses and the identification of victims of human trafficking offenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0265) on 03/17/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Regional Criminal Justice Academy Training Fund; local fee. [SB-597]
Independent criminal justice academies; fee. Changes the date by which a locality must have been operating a certified independent criminal justice academy from July 1, 2010, to July 1, 2012, to allow certain localities to charge a fee for operating their criminal justice academies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0375) on 03/27/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program; eligibility for volunteer appointments. [SB-592]
Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program. Allows Court-Appointed Special Advocate volunteer appointments to continue for youth ages 18 and older who are in foster care when the juvenile court has retained jurisdiction and the judge determines such services are appropriate.
Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0636) on 04/04/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; notification of laws. [SB-553]
Sex Offender Registry; notification of laws. Requires the Attorney General to annually prepare a pamphlet listing and summarizing laws containing requirements and prohibitions relevant to persons required to register as sex offenders and communicate the pamphlet to the State Police and the Department of Corrections. The bill requires the State Police to (i) publish the pamphlet on its website and (ii) annually distribute the pamphlet to persons required to register as sex offenders unless the person is under the control of the Department of Corrections
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Continued To 2015 In Courts Of Justice (15-y 0-n) on 01/22/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Offenses requiring registration; withdrawal of plea by certain defendants, etc. [SB-537]
Offenses requiring registration; withdrawal of plea by certain defendants. Provides that prior to conviction for an offense requiring registration on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry due to the minority, physical helplessness, or mental incapacity of the victim, when the indictment, warrant, or information does not allege that the victim of the offense was a minor, physically helpless, or mentally incapacitated, the court shall determine whether the victim was a minor, physically helpless, or mentally incapacitated. The bill also
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0546) on 04/03/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Conservators of the peace, special; various changes to laws providing for appointment. [SB-495]
Special conservators of the peace. Makes various changes to the laws providing for the appointment of special conservators of the peace, including (i) requiring the Criminal Justice Services Board to establish graduated training standards for special conservators, and in adopting such standards, requiring that the Board seek the advice of the Private Security Services Advisory Board; (ii) removing the limits on the number of hours the Board is able to require for training; (iii) specifying that applications for appointments of special conservators
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Continued To 2015 In Militia, Police And Public Safety By Voice Vote on 02/21/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Reduced cigarette ignition propensity; penalties. [SB-494]
Reduced cigarette ignition propensity; penalties. Transfers administration of the reduced cigarette ignition propensity (RCIP) program from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to the Executive Director of the Department of Fire Programs. The RCIP program, enacted in 2008, restricted the manufacture, sale, or offer for sale of cigarettes that do not meet a performance standard for fire safety. Manufacturers are assessed a fee of $250 per brand, the proceeds from which are to be deposited in the Cigarette Fire Safety Standard and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Henry Marsh
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0370) on 03/27/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Line of Duty Act; funding and review. [SB-493]
Line of Duty Act; funding and review. Creates a Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Fund and provides for the funding of Line of Duty claims. The bill also establishes an advisory review board to assist the Comptroller in the review of claims involving a claimant who has not received a disability determination from the Virginia Retirement System, Social Security Administration, Workers' Compensation Commission, or any recognized retirement system or who is, as of the time the claim for benefits had been filed, working in an alternative position.
Sponsored by: Sen. Phillip Puckett
Incorporated By Finance on 01/21/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Sex Offender & Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; amends to add solicitation of prostitution. [SB-454]
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; solicitation of prostitution; pandering; minors. Amends the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act to add solicitation of prostitution from a minor and pandering involving a minor. The bill also provides that a person who engages in pandering involving a minor is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0706) on 04/06/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officer; sworn municipal park rangers added to definition of officer. [SB-451]
Definition of law-enforcement officer; municipal park rangers. Adds sworn municipal park rangers who are conservators of the peace to the definition of law-enforcement officer.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Continued To 2015 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 03/03/2014
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Virginia 2014 Regular Session
Training, Committee on, within Department of Criminal Justice Services; increases membership. [SB-391]
Committee on Training within the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Increases the membership of the Committee on Training within the Department of Criminal Justice Services from 14 to 15 by the addition of the Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0535) on 04/03/2014