Law-enforcement Officers
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc. [SB-593]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Increases from 52 weeks to 104 weeks the maximum duration after the date of diagnosis that workers' compensation benefits are payable for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters acting in the line of duty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc. [HB-1226]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Removes the provision in the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act requiring that benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters acting in the line of duty be provided for a maximum of 52 weeks from the date of diagnosis.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers. [HB-1393]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers. Allows a retired law-enforcement officer to return to work full time as a law-enforcement officer and continue to receive his pension under the Virginia Retirement System. Such person shall be required to have a break in service of at least six calendar months before reemployment. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Jones
Left In Appropriations on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Substantial risk orders; recommendations for issuance. [HB-927]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Resources; work group; report. Directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to study and make recommendations on procedures for requiring health care providers or facilities to report to a law-enforcement officer in order to initiate procedures for the issuance of a substantial risk order. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor
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Sponsored by: Rep. Irene Shin
Left In Rules on 11/18/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers. [HB-1393]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers. Allows a retired law-enforcement officer to return to work full time as a law-enforcement officer and continue to receive his pension under the Virginia Retirement System. Such person shall be required to have a break in service of at least six calendar months before reemployment. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025. Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers. Allows a retired law-enforcement officer to return to work full time
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Jones
Subcommittee Recommends Continuing To 2025 By Voice Vote on 01/29/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; hearing panel decisions. [SB-659]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
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Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; hearing panel decisions. Provides that for the purposes of the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act a majority decision of a hearing panel shall be binding on the employing agency. Under current law, such decisions are advisory recommendations only. The bill also provides that a hearing panel's decision may be appealed to the circuit court in the jurisdiction where the grievance arose. Lastly, the bill provides that the third member of the hearing panel shall not be from within the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Failed To Report (defeated) In Courts Of Justice (5-y 8-n) on 02/05/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; hearing panel decisions. [HB-1341]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
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Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; hearing panel decisions. Provides that for the purposes of the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act a majority decision of a hearing panel shall be binding on the employing agency. Under current law, such decisions are advisory recommendations only. The bill also provides that a hearing panel's decision may be appealed to the circuit court in the jurisdiction where the grievance arose. Lastly, the bill provides that the third member of the hearing panel shall not be from within the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Garrett
Left In Public Safety on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc. [SB-593]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Increases from 52 weeks to 104 weeks the maximum duration after the date of diagnosis that workers' compensation benefits are payable for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters acting in the line of duty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Continued To 2025 In Appropriations By Voice Vote on 02/26/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Carnal knowledge and sexual battery; persons detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer. [SB-394]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Carnal knowledge and sexual battery; persons detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer; confidential informants, pretrial defendants or posttrial offenders; penalty. Provides that an accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a person serving as a confidential informant, defined in the bill, if he (i) is a law-enforcement officer; (ii) knows that such person is serving as a confidential informant for the law-enforcement agency where such officer is employed; and (iii) carnally knows, without use of force, threat, or intimidation, such confidential
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Sponsored by: Sen. Russet Perry
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0592) on 04/05/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Firearm or explosive material; carrying within Capitol Square & surrounding area, etc., exceptions. [HB-1321]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth, etc.; exceptions for law-enforcement officers. Adds an exception for off-duty law-enforcement officers to the prohibition of carrying a firearm within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Wyatt
Left In Public Safety on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Law-enforcement training; communication with individuals with autism spectrum disorder. [HB-1246]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Health ]
Law-enforcement training; individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish compulsory minimum and in-service training standards for law-enforcement officers on communicating with individuals with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability, such as autism spectrum disorder, which shall include (i) an overview and behavioral recognition of autism spectrum disorder, (ii) best practices for crisis prevention and de-escalation techniques, (iii) an objective review of any relevant
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0742) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc. [HB-1226]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Removes the provision in the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act requiring that benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters acting in the line of duty be provided for a maximum of 52 weeks from the date of diagnosis. Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek
Subcommittee Recommends Continuing To 2025 By Voice Vote on 02/09/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Assault or assault and battery; affirmative defense, penalty. [SB-357]
[Crime ]
[Mental Health ]
[Disabilities ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Assault and battery; affirmative defense; penalty. Provides an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual for assault or assault and battery of certain specified individuals for which the enhanced Class 6 felony and six month mandatory minimum apply if such individual proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the individual's behaviors were a result of (a) mental illness or (b) a neurocognitive disorder, including dementia, or a neurodevelopmental disability, including a developmental
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Substantial risk orders; recommendations for issuance. [HB-927]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Resources; work group; report. Directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to study and make recommendations on procedures for requiring health care providers or facilities to report to a law-enforcement officer in order to initiate procedures for the issuance of a substantial risk order. The bill requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor
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Sponsored by: Rep. Irene Shin
Continued To 2025 In Rules By Voice Vote on 02/01/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers, certain; universal certification, necessary training. [HB-1022]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Universal certification for certain law-enforcement officers. Provides that any sworn law-enforcement officer with at least one year of experience (i) whose training qualifications meet or exceed current training standards established by the Board of Criminal Justice Services and who is in compliance with the minimum qualifications, (ii) who has not had a break in service of more than 24 months, and (iii) who is leaving the transferring agency in good standing with no pending investigations or disciplinary actions shall be eligible for employment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0542) on 04/05/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers; minimum qualifications, citizenship, waiver. [HB-776]
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[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Minimum qualifications for law-enforcement officers; citizenship; waiver. Allows individuals who are lawfully admitted for permanent residence who have resided in the United States for no less than 60 months and who are both eligible for and have applied for United States citizenship to qualify for the positions of chief of police and all police officers of any locality, all deputy sheriffs and jail officers in the Commonwealth, and all law-enforcement officers. The bill allows any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers to hire,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers, full-time or part-time; protected personal information. [HB-718]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Law-enforcement officers; protected personal information. Provides that any full-time or part-time law-enforcement officer who provides information relative to a criminal investigation or in proceedings preliminary to a criminal prosecution may refuse, unless ordered by a court, to disclose his residence address, home telephone number, or any personal information concerning his family. The bill also provides that any full-time or part-time law-enforcement officer who testifies as a witness in a criminal case may refuse to disclose personal information
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Webert
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers, full-time or part-time; protected personal information. [SB-265]
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[Data Privacy ]
Law-enforcement officers; protected personal information. Provides that any full-time or part-time law-enforcement officer who provides information relative to a criminal investigation or in proceedings preliminary to a criminal prosecution may refuse, unless ordered by a court, to disclose his residence address, home telephone number, or any personal information concerning his family. The bill also provides that any full-time or part-time law-enforcement officer who testifies as a witness in a criminal case may refuse to disclose personal information
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Passed By Indefinitley In Courts Of Justice (8-y 7-n) on 01/15/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. [HB-684]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. Removes the provisions that provide that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle. The bill also removes the accompanying exclusionary
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Fleeing from a law-enforcement officer; penalty. [SB-193]
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[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Fleeing from a law-enforcement officer; penalty. Removes the requirement that a law-enforcement officer have the immediate physical ability to place a person under arrest for the crime of fleeing from a law-enforcement officer.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Courts Of Justice (9-y 0-n) on 01/24/2024