Law-enforcement Officers
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Handgun purchases; limitation, exemptions, penalty. [HB-924]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Limitation on handgun purchases; exemptions; penalty. Adds a federal law-enforcement officer to the list of those exempted from the prohibition on purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amanda Batten
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Law-enforcement officers; exemption from prohibition on carrying firearms, etc., in Capitol Square. [HB-1096]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Law-enforcement officers; retired law-enforcement officers; carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area. Exempts any law-enforcement officer from the prohibition on carrying a firearm or explosive material within the Capitol of Virginia and Capitol Square and the surrounding area. The bill further allows any law-enforcement officer or qualified retired law-enforcement officer to carry a firearm or explosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, or any office
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Sponsored by: Rep. G. Avoli
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
School safety audits; law-enforcement officers. [HB-1129]
[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: Rep. Kathy Byron
Referred To Committee On Education And Health on 03/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Va. Retirement System; loss of benefits for certain felony convictions. [HB-1119]
[Pensions ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Retirement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Pensions; loss of benefits for certain felony convictions. Provides that a law-enforcement officer shall not lose his benefits in any retirement system administered by the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Retirement System upon being convicted of a felony, unless such felony was (i) the result of gross negligence or intentional misconduct by such officer or (ii) resulted in any pecuniary benefit for such officer.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ronnie Campbell
Stricken From Docket By Appropriations (22-y 0-n) on 02/09/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Collective bargaining; law enforcement, transparency and accountability. [HB-790]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Collective bargaining; law enforcement; transparency and accountability. Prohibits a county, city, or town from entering into a collective bargaining contract with a labor union or other employee association representing law-enforcement officers or employees of a law-enforcement agency that (i) prevents the Attorney General from seeking equitable relief against a law-enforcement agency engaging in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional misconduct; (ii) includes any stipulation that delays officer interviews or interrogations after alleged wrongdoing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Passed By Indefinitely In Commerce And Labor (12-y 3-n) on 02/28/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement, etc. [HB-742]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by 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. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the law-enforcement officer or firefighter as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers; pensions and benefits, death before retirement. [HB-593]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Pensions ]
[Public Safety ]
[Retirement ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
Pensions; law-enforcement officers; death before retirement. Provides that when a member of the State Police Officers' Retirement System or the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System or a local law-enforcement officer who is eligible for similar benefits dies before retirement by suicide or in the line of duty, the retirement allowance payable to his beneficiary shall include any hazardous duty supplement for which the member or local law-enforcement officer was eligible.
Sponsored by: Sen. Suhas Subramanyam
Stricken From Docket By Appropriations (22-y 0-n) on 02/09/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Window tinting; vehicle stop. [HB-759]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Window tinting; vehicle stop. Removes the prohibition on a law-enforcement officer from stopping a motor vehicle for a violation of provisions related to window tinting and the prohibition of evidence discovered or obtained at such stop from being admissible in court.
Sponsored by: Rep. Les Adams
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Search warrants; execution. [HB-736]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Search warrants; execution. Changes the hours of execution of a search warrant for the search of any place of abode from the daytime hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Search warrants; execution. Changes the hours of execution of a search warrant for the search of any place of abode from the daytime hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. to between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell
Continued To 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 Pursuant To Hjr455 on 03/12/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Capital murder; death penalty for willful, deliberate, etc., killing of a law-enforcement officer. [HB-661]
[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: Rep. William Wampler
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Arrest/prosecution of individual experiencing mental health emerg.; assault against law enforcement. [HB-613]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Arrest and prosecution of individual experiencing a mental health emergency; assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer. 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 and (ii) the law-enforcement officer subject to the assault or assault and battery
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement, etc. [SB-289]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by 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. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the law-enforcement officer or firefighter as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Left In Commerce And Energy on 03/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 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
Continued To 2023 In Rules (13-y 2-n) on 02/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Vicious dogs; law-enforcement officer, etc., to apply to a magistrate for a summons, etc. [SB-279]
[Animals ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Vicious dogs. Requires a law-enforcement officer or animal control officer to apply to a magistrate for a summons for a vicious dog if such officer is located in either the jurisdiction where the vicious dog resides or in the jurisdiction where the vicious dog committed one of the acts set forth in the definition of a vicious dog. Current law requires such action only if the law-enforcement officer or animal control officer is located in the jurisdiction where the vicious dog resides. The bill also requires any evidentiary hearing or appeal to be
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0614) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Early Identification System (EIS); DCJS to establish. [HB-611]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Conduct of law-enforcement officers; establishment of an Early Identification System. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) to establish a best practices model for the implementation, training, and management of an Early Identification System (EIS). The bill defines an EIS as a system through which a law-enforcement agency collects and manages data to identify and assess patterns of behavior, including misconduct and high-risk behavior, or performance of law-enforcement officers and law-enforcement agency employees.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Tabled In Public Safety (11-y 10-n) on 02/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officer; purpose of traffic stop. [SB-246]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Law-enforcement officer; purpose of traffic stop. Provides that the operator of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that has stopped on the signal of any law-enforcement officer shall exhibit his registration card, learner's permit, or temporary driver's permit for the purpose of establishing his identity upon being advised of the purpose of the stop within a reasonable time by the law-enforcement officer. Current law requires that such materials be exhibited upon the law-enforcement officer's request.
Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers, retired sworn; purchase of service handguns or other weapons. [SB-207]
[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: Sen. John Petersen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0246) on 04/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses, exclusion of evidence. [HB-122]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses; exclusion of evidence. Removes the provisions stating that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) with an expired registration sticker prior to the first day of the fourth month after the original expiration date; (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment; (iii) without tail lights or brake lights; (iv) without an exhaust system in good working order; (v) with certain signs, posters, stickers or decals; (vi) with objects or other equipment suspended so as to obstruct
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Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Wyatt
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers; evidence obtained during prohibited stop. [SB-105]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Chapters 45 and 51 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020, Special Session I; retroactive and prospective effect. Provides that the provisions of Chapters 45 and 51 of the Acts of Assembly of 2020, Special Session I, shall be given retroactive and prospective effect. The bill also provides that its provisions shall not create any cause of action for damages against the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions, nor shall it form the basis for relief in any habeas corpus proceeding or appellate proceeding. Chapters 45 and 51 of the Acts of Assembly
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Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Morrissey
Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; minimum rights. [HB-70]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; minimum rights. Provides that the rights accorded to law-enforcement officers in the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act are minimum rights and all law-enforcement agencies shall adopt grievance procedures that are consistent with such rights. The bill removes the current exception from the provisions of the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act for any law-enforcement officer or law-enforcement agency that serves under the authority of a locality that has established a
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/28/2022