Law-enforcement Officers
Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers. [SB-904]
[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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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0244) on 03/22/2023
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Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement. [HB-1561]
[Mental Health ]
[Crime ]
[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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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. [SB-875]
[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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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/01/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as school security officers. [SB-869]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as school security officers. Provides that if a retired law-enforcement officer was employed by a local school division as a school security officer on or after January 1, 2020, but before January 1, 2023, and had a bona fide break in service of at least one month between retirement and employment as a school security officer, such person is not required to establish the 12-month break in service that would otherwise be required by law.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Stricken At Request Of Patron In Finance And Appropriations (16-y 0-n) on 01/25/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers; protected personal information. [HB-1474]
[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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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 5-n) on 02/15/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers, retired state; retention of badge. [HB-1459]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Veterans ]
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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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Permanent farm use placards; owner or lessee of vehicle claiming exemption from registration, etc. [HB-1453]
[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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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Left In Transportation on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Conservators of the peace; search warrants, military criminal investigative organizations. [HB-1425]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Conservators of the peace; search warrants; military criminal investigative organizations. Provides that a special agent of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division and United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations shall be a conservator of the peace and may serve a search warrant jointly with a Virginia law-enforcement officer. Under current law, of the federal military investigation offices, only a special agent of the United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service has this authority. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carrie Coyner
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0107) on 03/21/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Conservators of the peace; search warrants, military criminal investigative organizations. [SB-801]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Military ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[National Security ]
Conservators of the peace; search warrants; military criminal investigative organizations. Provides that a special agent of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division and United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations shall be a conservator of the peace and may serve a search warrant jointly with a Virginia law-enforcement officer. Under current law, of the federal military investigation offices, only a special agent of the United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service has this authority. The bill contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0108) on 03/21/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Community Policing Act; repeals Act. [HB-1401]
[Crime ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. [HB-1380]
[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 the removes the accompanying exclusionary provisions.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ronnie Campbell
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/13/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Emergency custody order; duration. [SB-713]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Emergency custody order; duration. Provides that a law-enforcement officer may transfer custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order to a facility or location that has been authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to accept custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order upon a finding by the Department that the facility or location is capable of providing the level of security necessary to protect such person and others from harm and that in cases in which custody
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Left In Judiciary on 11/21/2022
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Capitol Square and the surrounding area; carrying firearms, etc., in area. [SB-269]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area; exceptions for law-enforcement officers. Adds an exception for off-duty law-enforcement officers and retired law-enforcement officers to the prohibition of carrying a firearm within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, 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: Sen. John Edwards
Left In Rules on 11/21/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers, former; retention of identification and badge. [SB-743]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
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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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Emergency custody order; duration. [SB-713]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Emergency custody order; duration. Provides that a law-enforcement officer may transfer custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order to a facility or location that has been authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to accept custody of a person who is the subject of an emergency custody order upon a finding by the Department that the facility or location is capable of providing the level of security necessary to protect such person and others from harm and that in cases in which custody
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Continued To 2023 In Judiciary (13-y 0-n) on 02/09/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers; prohibition on use of show-up identification. [HB-1209]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibition on use of show-up identification by law-enforcement officers. Prohibits the use of a show-up identification by any law-enforcement officer. The bill defines a "show-up identification" as an identification procedure in which an eyewitness is presented with a single suspect or single photograph of a suspect for the purpose of determining whether the eyewitness identifies such suspect as the perpetrator. The bill provides that no evidence discovered or obtained as the result of a show-up identification shall be admissible in any trial,
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Sponsored by: Rep. C.E. Hayes
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
School safety audits; law-enforcement officers. [SB-600]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
School safety audits; law-enforcement officers. Requires each local school board to require its schools to collaborate with the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality or his designee when conducting required school safety audits. Under current law, the division superintendent is required to make the results of such audits available to the chief law-enforcement officer upon request. The bill also requires that the completed walk-through checklist using the standardized checklist provided by the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety
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Sponsored by: Sen. Todd Pillion
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0021) on 03/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Capital murder; death penalty for willful, deliberate, etc., killing of a law-enforcement officer. [SB-379]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Capital murder; death penalty for the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of a law-enforcement officer. Authorizes punishment by death for the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of a law-enforcement officer.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/07/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers; conduct of investigation. [HB-870]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
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
Law-enforcement officers, retired sworn; purchase of service handguns or other weapons. [HB-1130]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Crime ]
[Military ]
Purchase of service handguns or other weapons by retired sworn law-enforcement officers. Removes the requirement that a sworn law-enforcement officer be employed in a full-time capacity at the time of his retirement to purchase his service handgun.
Sponsored by: Rep. Clinton Jenkins
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0245) on 04/08/2022