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2008 SESSION

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SB 284 DMV special agents; full-time sworn members of enforcement division authority to enforce laws.

Introduced by: William C. Wampler, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Department of Motor Vehicles special agents; criminal enforcement authority.  Provides full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles full authority to enforce the laws of the Commonwealth. The bill also adds such persons to the definition of law-enforcement officer in the assault and battery criminal provision, which means that the punishment for committing an assault and battery on such a person who is engaged in the performance of his public duties is elevated from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony with a six-month mandatory minimum term of confinement.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 085922344  pdf | impact statements
• 02/07/08  Senate: Printed as engrossed 085922344-E  pdf | impact statements
• 02/28/08  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB284ER)  pdf | impact statements
• 03/14/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0460)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/08/08  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 085922344
• 01/08/08  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/10/08  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 01/30/08  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/08  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/05/08  Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/08  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/08  Senate: Read second time
• 02/07/08  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/07/08  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/07/08  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB284E
• 02/07/08  Senate: Printed as engrossed 085922344-E
• 02/08/08  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/08  Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/08  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/08  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/13/08  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/08  House: Read first time
• 02/13/08  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
• 02/22/08  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (20-Y 1-N)
• 02/25/08  House: Read second time
• 02/26/08  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/27/08  House: Read third time
• 02/27/08  House: Passed House (93-Y 4-N)
• 02/27/08  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (93-Y 4-N)
• 02/28/08  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/28/08  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB284ER)
• 02/28/08  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/02/08  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/07/08  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 460 (effective 7/1/08)
• 03/14/08  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0460)