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2023 SESSION

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SB 971 Magistrates; law-enforcement observation, annual requirement.

Introduced by: Mark J. Peake | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Magistrates; law-enforcement observation; annual requirement. Requires each magistrate appointed by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia to ride along with an on-duty law-enforcement officer in the magisterial region that such magistrate represents for a minimum of six hours annually. The bill mandates that, by July 1, 2024, every magistrate shall have completed the first of such required ride-alongs, and each year thereafter by December 31.

FULL TEXT

• 01/06/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101477D  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/06/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101477D
• 01/06/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
• 01/18/23  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary with letter (12-Y 0-N)