Virginia Retirement System; certain law-enforcement and correctional officers, part time. [HB-2318]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Virginia Retirement System; certain law-enforcement and correctional officers; part time. Provides that an employee of a political subdivision or of the Commonwealth who (i) is compensated on a salaried or hourly basis; (ii) works at least 20 hours per week, and (iii) is employed as a law-enforcement officer or correctional officer shall be considered a full-time employee for purposes of participation in the Virginia Retirement System. Virginia Retirement System; certain law-enforcement and correctional officers; part time. Provides that an employee
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HB-2318: Virginia Retirement System; certain law-enforcement and correctional officers, part time.
Sponsored by: Rep. Irene Shin
Left In Appropriations on 02/07/2023
Va. Retirement System & DCJS; return to work for retired law-enforcement officers. [SB-1411]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pensions ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers; report. Directs the Virginia Retirement System and the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, to analyze and report on options for allowing law enforcement officers to return to work as law-enforcement officers after retirement and continue to receive their retirement benefits. Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers; report. Directs the Virginia Retirement System and
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SB-1411: Va. Retirement System & DCJS; return to work for retired law-enforcement officers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0722) on 03/27/2023
Virginia Retirement System; certain law-enforcement officers, part time. [SB-1445]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Virginia Retirement System; certain law-enforcement officers; part time. Provides that an employee of a political subdivision or of the Commonwealth who (i) is compensated on a salaried or hourly basis; (ii) works at least 20 hours per week; and (iii) is employed as a law-enforcement officer shall be considered a full-time employee for purposes of participation in the Virginia Retirement System.
SB-1445: Virginia Retirement System; certain law-enforcement officers, part time.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations With Letter (15-y 0-n) on 01/25/2023
Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officer eligibility. [HB-2299]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pensions ]
Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officer eligibility. Adds conservation officers of the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the definition of "employee" as it relates to the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System.
HB-2299: Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; conservation officer eligibility.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Left In Appropriations on 02/07/2023
Conduct of election; abstract of votes, law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded. [SB-1442]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Conduct of election; abstract of votes; law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded; extension to 10 days. Extends the period of time a locality has to forward its abstract of votes to the State Board of Elections before a law-enforcement officer is sent to obtain the abstract to 10 days for any election. Under current law, such time period is six days for a state primary election and seven days for any other election. Conduct of election; abstract of votes; law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded; extension to 10 days.
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SB-1442: Conduct of election; abstract of votes, law-enforcement officer to obtain returns not forwarded.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lionell Spruill
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/22/2023
Law-enforcement officers; minimum qualifications, citizenship. [HB-2144]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Immigration ]
[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 and who are eligible for United States citizenship or individuals granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 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
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Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement. [HB-2106]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer; arrest and prosecution of individual experiencing a mental health emergency. Provides that no individual shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for an assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer if at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the individual (a) is experiencing a mental health emergency or (b) meets the criteria for issuance of an emergency custody order pursuant to § 37.2-808 and (ii) the law-enforcement officer subject to the assault
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HB-2106: Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
Workers' compensation; presumption for law-enforcement officers with back, hip, knee, etc. [HB-1905]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers; back, hip, knee, and neck injuries. Establishes a workers' compensation presumption for back, hip, knee, and neck injuries that cause the death or disability of law-enforcement officers, as defined in the bill, who have completed five years of service and are required to wear a duty belt, as defined in the bill, as a condition of employment.
HB-1905: Workers' compensation; presumption for law-enforcement officers with back, hip, knee, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Left In Commerce And Energy on 02/07/2023
Law-enforcement officer; magistrates to observe during training duties, etc. [HB-1956]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Training standards; magistrates. Requires every magistrate to observe a law-enforcement officer who is employed by a law-enforcement agency within the magistrate's jurisdiction while such officer is engaged in his official duties for a minimum of six hours annually and submit proof of observation by June 30 to the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court.
HB-1956: Law-enforcement officer; magistrates to observe during training duties, etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Runion
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
Permanent farm use placards; prohibits use by persons not entitled. [HB-1883]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Permanent farm use placards. Repeals the requirement for the owner or lessee of a vehicle claiming a farm use exemption from the registration, licensing, and decal requirements for a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to obtain a nontransferable permanent farm use placard from the Department of Motor Vehicles and to display the farm use placard on the vehicle at all times. Under current law, such requirement will become effective July 1, 2023. The bill reinstates the authority of law-enforcement officers to inquire about the address or real
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HB-1883: Permanent farm use placards; prohibits use by persons not entitled.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholas Freitas
Left In Transportation on 02/07/2023
Permanent farm use placards; owner or lessee of vehicle claiming exemption from registration, etc. [SB-1196]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Permanent farm use placards. Repeals the requirement for the owner or lessee of a vehicle claiming a farm use exemption from the registration, licensing, and decal requirements for a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to obtain a nontransferable permanent farm use placard from the Department of Motor Vehicles and to display the farm use placard on the vehicle at all times. Under current law, such requirement will become effective July 1, 2023. The bill reinstates the authority of any law-enforcement officer to inquire about the address or real
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SB-1196: Permanent farm use placards; owner or lessee of vehicle claiming exemption from registration, etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryce Reeves
Passed By Indefinitely In Transportation (15-y 0-n) on 01/26/2023
Law-enforcement officers; minimum qualifications, citizenship, waiver. [HB-1994]
[Law Enforcement ]
[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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Virginia Retirement System; law-enforcement officers, return to work. [SB-1107]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Virginia Retirement System; return to work. Reduces from 12 to six the number of months for the required break in service for a teacher, bus driver, school administrator, or school security officer to return to work full time and continue to receive his pension under the Virginia Retirement System (VRS). The bill adds specialized student support positions to the list of employees that may return to work, with a six-month break in service. The employer of such individuals shall include such employees' compensation in membership payroll for purposes
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SB-1107: Virginia Retirement System; law-enforcement officers, return to work.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0692) on 03/27/2023
Law-enforcement officers; training standards, comprehensive harm reduction program. [HB-1774]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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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HB-1774: Law-enforcement officers; training standards, comprehensive harm reduction program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Public Safety on 02/07/2023
Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers. [HB-1775]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder; law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, as both are defined in the bill, incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act on the same basis as post-traumatic stress disorder, except in the case of responding to crime scenes for investigation. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the covered individual
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HB-1775: Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0243) on 03/22/2023
Law-enforcement officer; definition includes fire marshal with police powers. [SB-1046]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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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SB-1046: Law-enforcement officer; definition includes fire marshal with police powers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeremy McPike
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0672) on 03/26/2023
Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. [HB-1703]
[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 and removes the accompanying exclusionary provisions.
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HB-1703: Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Tara Durant
Incorporated By Courts Of Justice on 01/23/2023
Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. [SB-1010]
[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 and removes the accompanying the exclusionary provisions.
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SB-1010: Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Incorporated By Judiciary on 02/01/2023
Law-enforcement officers; protected personal information. [SB-1004]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
Law-enforcement officers; protected personal information. Provides that any 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 law-enforcement officer who testifies as a witness in a criminal case may refuse to disclose personal information concerning his family unless it is determined
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SB-1004: Law-enforcement officers; protected personal information.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 5-n) on 01/18/2023
Magistrates; law-enforcement observation, annual requirement. [SB-971]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Magistrates; law-enforcement observation; annual requirement. Requires each magistrate appointed by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia to ride along with an on-duty law-enforcement officer in the magisterial region that such magistrate represents for a minimum of six hours annually. The bill mandates that, by July 1, 2024, every magistrate shall have completed the first of such required ride-alongs, and each year thereafter by December 31.