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2019 SESSION
SB 1645 Use of force by law-enforcement officers, etc.; work group to produce and develop report.
Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Use of force; data collection and reporting requirement. Requires the the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to convene a work group that shall include representatives from the Departments of Corrections and State Police and the Board of Corrections, as well as representatives from local police departments, sheriffs' offices, local correctional facilities, and other interested stakeholder groups, to develop a strategy for producing and publishing a comprehensive report on the use of force by Virginia law-enforcement officers, correctional officers, and jail officers. The bill requires the work group to report its progress and the outcomes of its activities to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2019. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon funding in a general appropriation act.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104536D pdf
- 01/28/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105906D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/19 Senate: Printed as engrossed 19105906D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104536D
- 01/09/19 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/28/19 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 5-N)
- 01/28/19 Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105906D-S1
- 01/28/19 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/30/19 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (8-Y 7-N)
- 01/31/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/19 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/19 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/19 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19105906D-S1
- 02/01/19 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/01/19 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/01/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1645ES1
- 02/01/19 Senate: Printed as engrossed 19105906D-ES1
- 02/04/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 20-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Chair votes Yes
- 02/06/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/19 House: Read first time
- 02/06/19 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/06/19 House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
- 02/14/19 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/19 House: Left in Appropriations