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2016 SESSION

16102619D
HOUSE BILL NO. 301
Offered January 13, 2016
Prefiled January 4, 2016
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 52-28.2, relating to justifiable homicide; reporting requirement.
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Patrons-- Herring and Lingamfelter
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Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 52-28.2 as follows:

§ 52-28.2. Reporting of justifiable homicides; inclusion in annual Crime in Virginia report.

The Department of State Police shall include justifiable homicides involving a law-enforcement officer in the annual Crime in Virginia report. Any law-enforcement or public safety officer required to report such homicides shall receive training concerning such reporting requirement.