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House Militia, Police and Public Safety
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- HB 1582 Home access businesses; owner/operator thereof to conduct criminal background check of employees.
- HB 1587 REAL ID Act; State will not comply with provision thereof that they determine would compromise.
- HB 1596 Protective order; notification of service by local police department, sheriff's office, etc.
- HB 1613 Polygraph examiners; only a federal, state, or local law-enforcement officer shall operate device.
- HB 1614 Alcoholic beverages; penalty for possession of open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
- HB 1655 Firearms; award of court costs, etc., to entity that prevails in action challenging locality.
- HB 1656 Concealed handguns; allows faculty members at institutions of higher education to carry on campus.
- HB 1659 Wireless telecommunications devices; prohibits use of while driving except in an emergency.
- HB 1673 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; includes certain deputy sheriffs under coverage.
- HB 1734 Concealed handgun permits; amends various processes, procedures, and requirements for obtaining.
- HB 1741 Firearms; possession or transportation thereof by persons under the age of 18, penalty.
- HB 1743 Law-enforcement officer; expands definition to include auxiliary deputy sheriffs appointed.
- HB 1748 Concealed handgun permit; no requirement for fingerprinting if previously issued permit.
- HB 1769 Mobile telephone and other wireless electronic devices; use of hands-free accessory while driving.
- HB 1801 Conservators of peace, special; those employed by locality authorized to use flashing blue lights.
- HB 1821 Concealed handguns; prohibited from carrying onto premises of restaurants and consuming alcohol.
- HB 1822 Handguns; exempts permit holders from prohibition against carrying onto school property.
- HB 1851 Firearms; purchase by members of United States Armed Forces or Virginia National Guard.
- HB 1898 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act; registration requirements.
- HB 1910 Firearms; localities may adopt ordinance prohibiting thereof in libraries owned by locality.
- HB 1919 Prisoner keep; increases amount locality may charge inmate to defray costs associated therewith.
- HB 1928 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; registration requirements.
- HB 1955 Wireless telecommunications devices; prohibits use of while driving except in an emergency.
- HB 1958 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- HB 1962 Sex Offender & Crimes Against Minors Registry; provision in conviction order, sentencing order, etc.
- HB 1963 Sex Offender & Crimes Against Minors Registry; condition of registration.
- HB 2004 Firearm silencer; shifts burden of proof that firearm is registered from State to defendant.
- HB 2042 Handguns; allows retiring law-enforcement officer of State Lottery Department to purchase.
- HB 2123 Mutual aid agreement; institution of higher learning having police force appointed to enter therein.
- HB 2144 Concealed handgun permit applications; access to personal information.
- HB 2178 Possession of ammunition by convicted felons; prohibited.
- HB 2179 Trials; credit for time spent in confinement discretionary with court.
- HB 2210 Enforcement of traffic light signals; allows law-enforcement officers to arrest or detain persons.
- HB 2225 Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; State Police shall publish on Internet database.
- HB 2227 Airsoft guns; added to list of prohibited concealed weapons.
- HB 2236 Security officer, private; changed from private security guard.
- HB 2241 Detector canine handler & examiner; Dept. of Criminal Justice Service to provide partial exemption.
- HB 2253 Safety belts; makes non-use of a primary offense.
- HB 2274 Sex Offender Registry; not required to provide list of registrants' wanted offenses on Internet.
- HB 2314 State Police Volunteer Chaplaincy Program; established.
- HB 2318 Firearms; any person who sells three or more firearms at show be licensed as a firearms dealer.
- HB 2339 Safety belts; makes non-use of a primary offense.
- HB 2350 Transportation of troops by railroad; repeals obsolete section.
- HB 2359 Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; pilot program for tracking distribution thereof.
- HB 2361 Sex offender registration; juveniles adjudicated delinquent of sexually violent offense to register.
- HB 2384 Safety belt ordinances; allows local body to enact consistent with state law.
- HB 2398 Commonwealth Law-Enforcement Mutual Aid Agreement; established.
- HB 2441 Corrections, Department of; powers and duties of Director.
- HB 2478 Infectious disease presumption; emergency declaration by Governor.
- HB 2481 Machine guns; requires any registrant to notify Superintendent of State Police of change of address.
- HB 2493 Prisoner keep; increases amount locality may charge inmate to defray costs associated therewith.
- HB 2511 Notice to sex offenders of law changes; State Police, Dept. of Corrections, etc. to give notice.
- HB 2528 Disposition of firearms; no participation in program if individuals are given valuable in exchange.
- HB 2541 Criminal records checks; required for licensure to practice as real estate licensees.
- HB 2564 Three-time-loser parole eligibility; Parole Board petition for reconsideration of ineligibility.
- HB 2612 Emergency response plans; ensuring victims' rights.
- HB 2624 Central Va. Criminal Justice Acad.; may enter into agreemt. to train private correctional personnel.
- HB 2626 Line of Duty Act; investigation of claims by police departments and sheriffs offices.
- HB 2631 Firearms show; Fairfax County may require criminal history record information from promoter thereof.
- SB 877 Law-enforcement officers, retired; meets training and qualification standards to carry weapon.
- SB 887 Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; conduct of interrogations.
- SB 1035 Concealed handguns; prohibited in restaurants, etc when consuming alcohol.
- SB 1093 Mutual aid agreement; institution of higher learning having police force appointed to enter therein.
- SB 1106 Smoking in cars; unlawful for a person thereto when minor is present, civil penalty.
- SB 1135 Parole Board; ensure each person eligible for parole receives a timely and thorough review.
- SB 1150 Emergency response plans; ensuring victims' rights.
- SB 1161 Safety belts; makes non-use of a primary offense.
- SB 1166 Firearms; increases fee paid to dealers for criminal history record information checks.
- SB 1199 Prisoner keep; increases amount locality may charge inmate to defray costs associated therewith.
- SB 1223 Corrections, Department of; powers and duties of Director.
- SB 1227 Driver's license, provisional; makes cell phone use while driving a primary offense.
- SB 1235 Disabled prisoners; those terminally ill, etc. may petition Parole Board for conditional release.
- SB 1239 Pedestrians and drivers; responsibilities thereof at marked and unmarked crosswalks.
- SB 1254 Concealed handguns; when permit from reciprocal State, person shall carry permit at all times.
- SB 1294 Crisis intervention team programs; established, report.
- SB 1307 Transport of prisoners; minimum standards therefor by persons other than law-enforcement officers.
- SB 1312 Pittsylvania County; Department of Corrections to convey certain real property thereto.
- SB 1374 Polygraph examiners; only a federal, state, or local law-enforcement officer shall operate device.
- SB 1383 Firearm silencer; repeals provision that makes it a Class 6 felony to possess if not registered.
- SB 1396 Purchase of service handgun; certain law-enforcement officers to purchase their handgun.
- SB 1408 Safety belt enforcement; allows for when violations are observed by officers at checkpoints.
- SB 1431 REAL ID Act of 2005; State will not comply with provision thereof that compromises economic privacy.
- SB 1436 Crime victims; no law-enforcement officer shall inquire into immigration status of victim of crime.
- SB 1502 Safety belt use; extends requirement for all occupants of a motor vehicle.
- SB 1510 Felons, nonviolent; those serving time in local facilities to receive good conduct credits.
- SB 1513 Firearms; award of court costs, etc., to entity that prevails in action challenging locality.
- SB 1528 Concealed handgun permits; completion of firearms training, etc., may be done electronically.
- SB 1539 Line of Duty Act; investigation of claims by police departments and sheriffs offices.
- SB 1541 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; officer be given notice before being questioned .
- SB 1552 Home/electronic incarceration program; provides that is deemed term of confinement for offender.