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1994 SESSION
HB 642 Certification of law-enforcement officers.
Introduced by: Clifton A. Woodrum | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Certification of law-enforcement officers. Grants authority to the Department of Criminal Justice Services to certify and decertify law-enforcement officers. All law-enforcement officers must be certified through the successful completion of training at an approved criminal justice training academy in order to remain eligible for appointment or employment. Also, a hiring agency must provide the Department with verification that law-enforcement officers first hired after July 1, 1994, have met the minimum standards set forth. The bill adds to the current minimum standards by requiring FBI checks and, where possible, verification of military service and a neighborhood check. Further requirements include that a law-enforcement officer applicant shall (i) be at least 18 years of age, (ii) not have felony convictions, and (iii) not have a positive result on a mandatory pre-employment drug screening test. Failure of a law-enforcement officer to comply with the mandated training requirements or violation of provisions (ii) or (iii) above shall result in the Criminal Justice Services Board decertifying the law-enforcement officer, such officer shall not serve as a law-enforcement officer in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides for due process during the decertification process and for reinstatement of certification after a period of at least five years. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission and is identical to SB 442 (Quayle).
FULL TEXT
- 01/25/94 House: Presented and ordered printed pdf
- 02/10/94 House: Committee substitute printed LD3417492 (HB642H1) pdf
- 03/08/94 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB642ER) pdf
- 04/26/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0905) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/25/94 House: Presented and ordered printed
- 01/25/94 House: Referred to Committee on Militia and Police
- 02/10/94 House: Reported from M. & P. with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/94 House: Committee substitute printed LD3417492 (HB642H1)
- 02/11/94 House: Read first time
- 02/12/94 House: Read second time
- 02/12/94 House: Committee substitute agreed to
- 02/12/94 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/13/94 House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/94 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/94 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/15/94 Senate: Read first time
- 02/15/94 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/23/94 Senate: Reported from General Laws (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/94 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/94 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/94 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/94 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/94 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/94 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB642ER)
- 03/12/94 House: Enrolled
- 03/12/94 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/14/94 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/12/94 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/20/94 House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/20/94 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/20/94 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/20/94 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOVERNOR'S RECOMM. (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/20/94 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/20/94 House: Reenrolled
- 04/20/94 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/20/94 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/20/94 House: Enacted, Chapter 905 (effective 7/1/94)
- 04/26/94 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0905)