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HB 70 Warrants; issuance of arrest warrants against law-enforcement officers.
Introduced by: Jackson H. Miller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Issuance of warrants by magistrates. Provides that a magistrate may not issue an arrest warrant for a misdemeanor offense where the accused is a law-enforcement officer and the alleged offense arises out of the performance of his public duties upon the basis of a complaint by a person other than a law-enforcement officer or an animal control officer without prior authorization by the attorney for the Commonwealth or by a law-enforcement agency. The bill provides for the appointment of an attorney for the Commonwealth from outside the jurisdiction if a conflict of interest exists for the attorney for the Commonwealth having jurisdiction.
FULL TEXT
- 12/07/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100927D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/16 House: Printed as engrossed 16100927D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105663D-S1 pdf
- 02/29/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB70ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/07/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100927D
- 12/07/15 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/14/16 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 01/27/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/16 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/16 House: Read first time
- 02/08/16 House: Read second time
- 02/08/16 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/08/16 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB70E
- 02/08/16 House: Printed as engrossed 16100927D-E
- 02/09/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/22/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 6-N)
- 02/22/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105663D-S1
- 02/23/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/24/16 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16105663D-S1
- 02/24/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB70S1
- 02/24/16 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N)
- 02/25/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/26/16 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 16105663D-S1 (70-Y 27-N)
- 02/26/16 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (70-Y 27-N)
- 02/29/16 House: Enrolled
- 02/29/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB70ER)
- 02/29/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/4/16
- 03/04/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 11, 2016
- 03/11/16 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/20/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/20/16 House: House sustained Governor's veto (66-Y 34-N)
- 04/20/16 House: VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (66-Y 34-N)
- 04/20/16 House: Requires 67 afirmative votes to override Governor's veto