Law-enforcement Officers
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Warrantless arrest for misdemeanor; transportation to crisis stabilization unit. [HB-1997]
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Warrantless arrest for misdemeanor; transportation to crisis stabilization unit. Authorizes a law-enforcement officer who makes a warrantless arrest of a person for a misdemeanor offense who the officer believes has a mental illness to transport such person to a crisis stabilization unit or similar facility in lieu of taking him before a magistrate, provided that the use of such unit or facility has been approved by the chief judge of the circuit court serving the jurisdiction where the arrest occurred. Any person transported to such unit or facility
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Hope
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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DCJS training standards; community engaged policing. [HB-1894]
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DCJS training standards; community engaged policing. Expands the responsibilities of the Department of Criminal Justice Services regarding community policing by requiring the compulsory training standards for basic training and recertification of law-enforcement officers to include fair and impartial policing, verbal de-escalation, and needs of special populations. The bill changes the term "community policing" to "community engaged policing."
Sponsored by: Rep. Charniele Herring
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Real property tax; exemption for certain surviving spouses. [HB-1884]
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Real property tax exemption; certain surviving spouses. Authorizes localities to exempt the primary residence of the surviving spouse of a law-enforcement officer, firefighter, search and rescue personnel, and emergency medical services personnel who is killed in the line of duty. The exemption does not apply to that portion of the value of the residence in excess of the average assessed value of dwellings in the locality. The bill is pursuant to Article X, Section 6-B of the Constitution of Virginia, which was adopted by the voters in 2016.
Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Hugo
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0248) on 02/24/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Assault and battery of private police officers; penalty. [SB-1067]
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Assault and battery of private police officers; penalty. Adds private police officers employed by a private police department to the definition of law-enforcement officer for purposes of the crimes of assault and battery. The current punishment for assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his public duties is a Class 6 felony with a six-month mandatory minimum sentence.
Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 01/31/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Disarming a law-enforcement officer; penalty. [HB-1726]
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Disarming a law-enforcement officer; penalty. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for removing a chemical irritant weapon or impact weapon from a law-enforcement officer or correctional officer engaged in the performance of his duties with the intent to impede or prevent such officer from performing his duties. The bill further increases the penalty from a Class 6 felony to a Class 4 felony if the weapon removed is such officer's firearm or stun weapon.
Sponsored by: Rep. Margaret Ransone
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
DCJS training standards; community engaged policing. [SB-1047]
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DCJS training standards; community engaged policing. Expands the responsibilities of the Department of Criminal Justice Services regarding community policing by requiring the compulsory training standards for basic training and recertification of law-enforcement officers to include fair and impartial policing, verbal de-escalation, and needs of special populations. The bill changes the term "community policing" to "community engaged policing."
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer McClellan
Left In Appropriations on 02/21/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Mental health awareness training; law enforcement officers, firefighters, etc. [SB-1064]
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Mental health awareness training; law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop compulsory training standards for law-enforcement officers regarding mental health awareness. The bill also emergency medical services personnel, and firefighters other than volunteer firefighters to participate in a mental health awareness program created or certified by the Mental Health Work Group, established in the Department of Fire Programs.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/21/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Testimony of law-enforcement officer; failure of body-worn camera. [HB-1613]
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Testimony of law-enforcement officer; failure of body-worn camera. Provides that a law-enforcement officer who is required to wear a body-worn camera during the performance of his duties and fails to cause an audiovisual recording to be made may still testify regarding any occurrence that would have otherwise been recorded by the body-worn camera, but the court shall instruct the jury that the officer's failure shall be considered in determining the weight given to his testimony or, if there is no jury, the court shall consider such failure in determining
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Disclosure of information regarding former deputy sheriffs and law-enforcement officers. [SB-958]
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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. Mamie Locke
Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (8-y 5-n) on 01/25/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Recordings; destruction or seizure by a law-enforcement officer. [SB-957]
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Recordings; destruction or seizure by a law-enforcement officer. Prohibits any law-enforcement officer from interfering with, damaging, destroying, or seizing another person's recording or recording device, provided that such recording or recording device is lawful and does not interfere with the duties of a law-enforcement officer. The bill provides that a violation of this prohibition is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts any seizure or alteration of a recording or recording device by a law-enforcement officer with the permission of the person
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (7-y 3-n) on 01/25/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Duty of care to law-enforcement officers and firefighters; fireman's rule. [HB-1590]
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Duty of care to law-enforcement officers and firefighters; fireman's rule. Provides that the common-law doctrine known as the fireman's rule, as described in the bill, shall not be a defense to certain claims. The fireman's rule is based on assumption of the usual risks of injury in such employment, whether caused by a negligent or a nonnegligent act of the defendant.
Sponsored by: Rep. Israel O'Quinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0315) on 03/13/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Noise violations; civil penalty. [SB-926]
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Noise violations; civil penalties. Allows localities to authorize the chief law-enforcement officer in the locality to enforce a uniform schedule of civil penalties for violation of that locality's noise ordinance.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0649) on 03/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers; de-escalation training requirement. [SB-811]
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Law-enforcement officer training; de-escalation training requirement. Adds a requirement for training in de-escalation techniques to the compulsory training standards developed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for basic training and recertification of law-enforcement officers.
Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola
Failed To Report (defeated) In Courts Of Justice (6-y 6-n) on 01/16/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Line of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries. [HB-1416]
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Line of Duty Act; payments to beneficiaries. Increases from $100,000 to $125,000 the sum payable out of the general fund to the beneficiary of a deceased law-enforcement officer or other person covered by the Line of Duty Act whose death occurred on or after January 1, 2006, while in the line of duty as the direct or proximate result of the performance of his duty.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Left In Appropriations on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Register of funds expended; required posting by localities & school divisions on public gov website. [SB-795]
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Register of funds expended; required posting by localities and school divisions. Requires every locality and each school division located within the locality to post on the public government website of the locality a register of all funds expended, showing vendor name, date of payment, amount, and a description of the type of expense, including credit card purchases with the same information. A locality and school division may exclude from such posting any information that is exempt from mandatory disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/21/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Hate crimes; acts against law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and EMS personnel. [HB-1398]
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Hate crimes; acts against law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and EMS personnel. Expands the definition of hate crime for the purpose of reporting hate crimes within the Department of State Police to include acts against persons employed as law-enforcement officers, firefighters, or emergency medical services personnel.
Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Crimes against law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel; penalty. [SB-790]
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Crimes against law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and other emergency personnel; penalty. Eliminates, for the crime of capital murder of a law-enforcement officer or fire marshal, the element that the killing must be committed for the purpose of interfering with the performance of the victim's official duties for the defendant to be guilty of the crime. For the crimes of (i) malicious or unlawful wounding of a law-enforcement officer, firefighter, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel and (ii) assault or assault
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Cosgrove
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 01/31/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Arrest; failure to be physically taken into custody by using physical means to resist. [HB-1196]
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Resisting arrest; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of resisting arrest, punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor, if a person intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a lawful arrest by failing to allow himself to be physically taken into custody by using any physical means to resist.
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Anderson
Left In Courts Of Justice on 12/02/2016