Law-enforcement Officers
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearms; concealed carry for law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealth, etc. [SB-61]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Firearms; concealed carry for law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and judges; exceptions to certain prohibited activities. Provides that any (i) active law-enforcement officer, (ii) qualified retired law-enforcement officer, (iii) attorney for the Commonwealth or assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, (iv) qualified retired attorney for the Commonwealth or retired assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, (v) judge or justice of the Commonwealth, or (vi) retired judge or retired justice of the Commonwealth may carry a concealed
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 01/26/2022
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Virginia Retirement System; retired law-enforcement officers employed as school security officers. [SB-18]
[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 January 1, 2020, 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 a 12-month break in service that would otherwise be required by law.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance And Appropriations (11-y 5-n) on 02/01/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers; exemption from certain training requirements. [SB-17]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
Employment of retired law-enforcement officers; exemption from certain training requirements. Provides that the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall exempt a law-enforcement officer who has demonstrated sensitivity to cultural diversity issues, had previous experience and training as a law-enforcement officer, is currently receiving or is eligible to receive a service retirement allowance, and has a break in service of no longer than 60 calendar months between retirement and new employment as a law-enforcement officer from
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Sponsored by: Sen. Travis Hackworth
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0704) on 04/27/2022
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; deputy sheriffs. [HB-2291]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; deputy sheriffs. Adds a sheriff's office to those law-enforcement agencies that may be overseen by a law-enforcement civilian oversight body created by a locality and adds a nonprobationary deputy sheriff of a sheriff's office to those law-enforcement officers who are subject to such body if created by a locality. The bill provides that any disciplinary determinations made by the law-enforcement civilian oversight body on any nonprobationary deputy sheriff shall be advisory only and that if the sheriff's
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (12-y 2-n 1-a) on 02/17/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. [SB-1375]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, law-enforcement officers, correctional officers, and regional jail officers is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act. The bill provides that such presumption applies to any death or disability occurring on or after July 1, 2020, caused by infection from the COVID-19 virus, provided that for any such death or disability that
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text Reprinted (chap0526) on 04/07/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Search warrants; date and time of issuance, exceptions. [SB-1475]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Execution of search warrants; emergency. Provides that a search warrant for the search of any place of abode shall be executed by initial entry of the abode only in the daytime hours between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. unless (i) a judge or a magistrate, if a judge is not available, authorizes the execution of such search warrant at another time for good cause shown by particularized facts in an affidavit or (ii) prior to the issuance of the search warrant, law-enforcement officers lawfully entered and secured the place to be searched and remained at
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0034) on 03/01/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. [HB-2207]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, law-enforcement officers, correctional officers, and regional jail officers is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act. The bill provides that such presumption applies to any death or disability occurring on or after July 1, 2020, caused by infection from the COVID-19 virus, provided that for any such death or disability that
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Kaye Kory
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0547) on 04/07/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Assault and battery; penalty. [SB-1306]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Disabilities ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Assault and battery; penalty. Eliminates the mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months for an assault and battery committed against a judge, magistrate, law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, person directly involved in the care, treatment, or supervision of inmates, firefighter or volunteer firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel. The bill removes simple assault from enhanced punishment and provides that the enhanced punishment applies for assault and battery only when it results in bodily injury. The bill also provides
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott Surovell
Left In Courts Of Justice on 03/01/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Law-enforcement officer; duty to render aid, duty to report wrongdoing by another officer. [HB-1948]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Law-enforcement officer; duty to render aid; duty to report wrongdoing by another law-enforcement officer. Requires any law-enforcement officer on duty who witnesses another person suffering from a serious bodily injury or a life-threatening condition to render aid and makes it a duty to report acts of wrongdoing, defined in the bill and including bias-based profiling, committed by another law-enforcement officer on duty. Any law-enforcement officer who fails to render such aid or report such wrongdoing committed by another law-enforcement officer
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Reconsidered By Judiciary on 02/17/2021
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officer; report of officer involved in accident. [SB-1486]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Report of law-enforcement officer involved in accident. Provides that any law-enforcement officer who is listed as a driver in a motor vehicle accident report submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles will not have the accident listed on his driving record if he was driving a motor vehicle provided by a law-enforcement agency in the course of his employment and was operating the motor vehicle in the performance of his official duties at the time of such accident. This bill is identical to HB 2336.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0821) on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Dangerous dogs; clarifies definition, etc. [HB-2381]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Dangerous dogs. Removes the requirement that a law-enforcement officer or animal control officer apply for a summons requiring a dog owner to appear before a general district court when the officer has reason to believe that the dog is dangerous. In the case of a dog that has bitten a cat or dog, the bill requires investigation by an officer for certain exemptions from the definition of "dangerous dog" to apply and removes an exemption for good cause as determined by a court. In the case of a dog that has bitten a person, the bill creates an exemption
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Sponsored by: Rep. C. Matthew Fariss
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0396) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Concealed handgun; retired conservation officers may carry. [SB-1465]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Carrying a concealed handgun; retired conservation officers. Adds conservation officers retired from the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the list of retired persons eligible to carry a concealed handgun without a permit. This bill is identical to HB 2308.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Carrico
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0243) on 02/23/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officer; report of officer involved in accident. [HB-2336]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Report of law-enforcement officer involved in accident. Provides that any law-enforcement officer who is listed as a driver in a motor vehicle accident report submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles will not have the accident listed on his driving record if he was driving a motor vehicle provided by a law-enforcement agency in the course of his employment and was operating the motor vehicle in the performance of his official duties at the time of such accident. This bill is identical to SB 1486.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jackson Miller
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0800) on 04/05/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officer; definition, municipal park rangers training. [SB-1385]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Definition of law-enforcement officer; municipal park rangers. Requires sworn municipal park rangers to be certified through completion of training at an approved criminal justice training academy. The bill authorizes sworn municipal park rangers to access criminal history record information for the purposes of the administration of criminal justice and the screening of an employment application. The bill provides that any sworn municipal park ranger who is a conservator of the peace shall be considered a law-enforcement officer or member of a law-enforcement
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Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (11-y 4-n) on 01/18/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Deputy sheriffs and law-enforcement officers; disclosure of information regarding former officers. [HB-2100]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Disclosure of information regarding former deputy sheriffs and law-enforcement officers. Provides that any sheriff or chief of police, any director or chief executive of any agency or department employing deputy sheriffs or law-enforcement officers, and the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall disclose to a prospective law-enforcement or jail employer (i) any information related to an arrest or prosecution of a former appointee or employee, including expunged information; (ii) any information related to a civil suit regarding
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; eligible employees. [HB-2080]
[Retirement ]
[Pensions ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System; eligible employees. Includes Department of Emergency Management hazardous materials officers as employees covered by the Virginia Law Officers' Retirement System, provided that such officers shall accrue retirement benefits only for creditable service on and after July 1, 2017.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Farm use vehicles, certain; registration exemption, highway distance limitations. [HB-2239]
[Agriculture ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Registration exemption for certain farm use vehicles; highway distance limitations. Increases from 50 to 75 miles the maximum travel distance allowable for travel to obtain supplies or from one part of the owner's land to another by a vehicle used for agricultural or horticultural purposes in order to qualify for exemption from the requirements to obtain a registration certificate, license plates, or decals and pay a registration fee. The bill also increases from 50 to 75 miles the maximum travel distance allowable by vehicles used for seasonal
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Sponsored by: Rep. C. Matthew Fariss
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0538) on 03/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers; decertification, notification. [HB-2067]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Decertification of law-enforcement officers; notification. Requires persons obligated to notify the Criminal Justice Services Board when a law-enforcement officer or jail officer has committed an act or been convicted of a crime that requires decertification to notify the Criminal Justice Services Board within 48 hours of becoming aware of such act or conviction. The bill requires that, upon such notification, decertification be immediate. Any conviction of a misdemeanor that has been appealed to a court of record shall not be considered a conviction
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Mullin
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0496) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officer; public release of identifying information, etc. [HB-2043]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
Public release of identifying information of a law-enforcement officer during and following an official investigation; penalty. Prohibits any public official, public employee, or person acting on behalf of a public official or public employee from releasing to the public any identifying information of a law-enforcement officer who is the subject of an official investigation that involves the discharge of a firearm or use of force by such law-enforcement officer during the performance of his official duties prior to the conclusion of such official
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Collins
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officer; definition, municipal park rangers training. [HB-2062]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Definition of law-enforcement officer; municipal park rangers. Requires sworn municipal park rangers to be certified through completion of training at an approved criminal justice training academy. The bill authorizes sworn municipal park rangers to access criminal history record information for the purposes of the administration of criminal justice and the screening of an employment application. The bill provides that any sworn municipal park ranger who is a conservator of the peace shall be considered a law-enforcement officer or member of a law-enforcement
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Mullin
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/07/2017