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SB 894 Conservation officer or employees; defense thereof for any prosecuted on criminal charges.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Office of the Attorney General; Department of Conservation and Recreation; representation in civil matters; special counsel for certain proceedings. Provides for the Attorney General to represent conservation officers of the Department in civil actions. The bill also provides for the Director of the Department of Conservation to employ special counsel to defend any conservation officer of the Department who is brought before any regulatory body, grand jury or investigated, arrested, indicted or prosecuted on any criminal charge arising out of any act committed in performing his official duties.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 074408724 pdf
- 02/16/07 House: Committee substitute printed 070943724-H1 pdf
- 03/07/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB894ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/03/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0595) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 074408724
- 01/08/07 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/17/07 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/07 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/23/07 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/07 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/03/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/07 House: Read first time
- 02/03/07 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/05/07 House: Assigned GL sub: #4 Prof./Occup./Admin. (Cosgrove)
- 02/15/07 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/07 House: Committee substitute printed 070943724-H1
- 02/19/07 House: Read second time
- 02/20/07 House: Read third time
- 02/20/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 070943724-H1
- 02/20/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB894H1
- 02/20/07 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/07 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/07 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB894ER)
- 03/07/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 595 (effective 7/1/07)
- 04/03/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0595)