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ACROSS SESSIONS

Sheriffs (1995 thru present)
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  • 2010 - SB 287 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; definition of law-enforcement officer.
  • 2010 - SB 520 Capital murder; auxiliary police officers and deputy sheriffs added to statute.
  • 2010 - SB 637 Jail superintendent and officers; service of civil and criminal process of jailed inmates.
  • 2011 - HB 1403 Eluding police; vehicle driven shall be forfeited and sold by sheriff.
  • 2011 - HB 1455 Wiretap devices; supervision and control by sheriff or chief of police.
  • 2011 - HB 1611 Landlord and tenant laws; service of process may be accomplished by a sheriff, etc.
  • 2011 - HB 1771 Law-enforcement deputies; allocation to city sheriff in certain cities without a police force.
  • 2011 - HB 2211 Eluding police; vehicle driven shall be forfeited and sold by sheriff.
  • 2011 - HB 2284 Jail processing fee; allows sheriff's department, regional jail, or police department to receive.
  • 2011 - HB 2387 Criminal Justice Services Board and Department of Criminal Justice Services; powers and duties.
  • 2011 - HB 2432 Law-enforcement officer; definition.
  • 2011 - HB 2449 Computer analysis; clerk may assess person fee performed by law-enforcement agency when convicted.
  • 2011 - HB 2466 Virginia Biased-Based Profiling & Traffic Statistics Reporting Act; officers to record certain data.
  • 2011 - HB 2489 Sheriffs' offices vehicles; allows a sheriff to approve display of advertisements.
  • 2011 - SB 287 Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; definition of law-enforcement officer.
  • 2011 - SB 777 Jail processing fee; allows sheriff's department, regional jail, or police department to receive.
  • 2011 - SB 901 Law-enforcement deputies; allocation to city sheriff in certain cities without a police force.
  • 2011 - SB 989 Sheriffs & jail superintendents; written reports also to be received by local community boards, etc.
  • 2011 - SB 1012 Marijuana plants; when seizure of 10 or more, law-enforcement agency may destroy.
  • 2011 - SB 1163 Criminal Justice Services Board and Department of Criminal Justice Services; powers and duties.
  • 2011 - SB 1172 Tracking devices; Department of Criminal Justices establish training standards.
  • 2011 - SB 1227 Electronic visitation and messaging with prisoners; sheriffs, etc., to charge fee for use.
  • 2011 - SB 1402 Law-enforcement officer; definition.
  • 2012 - HB 498 Funeral processions; local sheriff and police department escorts.
  • 2012 - HB 770 Emergency protective orders; not to be issued against law-enforcement officer performing his duties.
  • 2012 - HB 1148 Tangible personal property; volunteer deputy sheriffs.
  • 2012 - SB 534 Tangible personal property; volunteer deputy sheriffs.
  • 2013 - HB 1494 Sheriffs; expands authority to deputize persons to direct traffic, training required.
  • 2013 - HB 1554 Risk management plans; insurance coverage for sheriffs or deputies, limitation on liability.
  • 2013 - HB 2266 Wiretapping; authorization for monitoring by sheriff's office.
  • 2013 - HB 2291 Local correctional facilities; proceeds from commissary.
  • 2013 - SB 931 Dead bodies; notification for disposition to next of kin to claim body within 30 days of notice.
  • 2013 - SB 1373 Interception of communications; authorization for monitoring of communications by sheriff's office.
  • 2014 - HB 120 Riverside Regional Jail Authority; sheriffs allowed to appoint their alternates to vote at meetings.
  • 2014 - HB 699 Riverside Regional Jail Authority; sheriffs allowed to appoint their alternates to vote at meetings.
  • 2014 - SB 641 Correctional facilities, certain; communication of results of immigration alien query.
  • 2015 - HB 1331 Sheriff's office; clarifies motor vehicle markings.
  • 2015 - HB 1520 Sheriffs, local police, and State Police; transportation & security of officials, dignitaries, etc.
  • 2015 - HB 1606 Private police departments; definition.
  • 2015 - HB 1670 Sheriffs; always serving as chief law-enforcement officer of locality.
  • 2015 - SB 1311 Prisoners; sheriff, etc., to notify victim as soon as practicable of transfer.
  • 2016 - HB 543 Involuntary psychiatric treatment of an inmate; petition filed by sheriff.
  • 2016 - HB 1182 Sheriffs; standard vehicle markings.
  • 2016 - HB 1191 Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemption for certain items sold by a sheriff at a correctional facility.
  • 2016 - SB 266 Sheriffs; standard vehicle markings.
  • 2016 - SB 566 Involuntary psychiatric treatment of an inmate; petition filed by sheriff.
  • 2016 - SB 781 Correctional facilities, local; facilities transporting prisoners.
  • 2017 - HB 1457 Part-time deputy sheriffs; compensation.
  • 2017 - HB 1468 Incarcerated persons, certain; compliance with detainers, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
  • 2017 - HB 2100 Deputy sheriffs and law-enforcement officers; disclosure of information regarding former officers.
  • 2017 - HJ 630 Study; study the efficacy of the sheriff of any locality supervising animal control officers.
  • 2017 - SB 958 Disclosure of information regarding former deputy sheriffs and law-enforcement officers.
  • 2017 - SB 1061 Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act; exemption for sheriff's departments.
  • 2019 - HB 1935 Inmate workforces; eligibility for voluntary participation.
  • 2019 - HB 2585 Sheriffs; standard motor vehicle markings.
  • 2020 - HB 369 Furloughs from local work release programs; furlough approved by local sheriff.
  • 2020 (ss1) - HB 5051 Law-enforcement officers or jail officers; notice to Criminal Justice Services Board of misconduct.
  • 2020 (ss1) - SB 5072 Emergency Services and Disaster Law; immunity from liability, sheriffs' offices and regional jails.
  • 2021 - HB 2291 Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; deputy sheriffs.
  • 2021 (ss1) - HB 2291 Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; deputy sheriffs.
  • 2022 - SB 82 City reversion; disposition of police department or sheriff's department motorcycles.
  • 2023 - HB 1646 Court duties of sheriff; commitment hearings at locations other than a courthouse.
  • 2024 - HB 293 Disposal of unclaimed property in possession of sheriff or police; notice of public display and sale
  • 2024 - HB 1416 Deputy sheriffs; minimum number funded by Compensation Board.