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HB 1808 Missing persons; search and rescue.
Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Missing persons; search and rescue. Provides that no local law-enforcement agency shall establish or maintain any policy that requires a waiting period before accepting a critically missing adult report and requires a local law-enforcement agency that receives such a report to initiate an investigation of the case within two hours of receipt. The bill defines a critically missing adult as any missing adult 21 years of age or older whose disappearance indicates a credible threat to the health and safety of the adult as determined by a law-enforcement agency and under such other circumstances as deemed appropriate after consideration of all known circumstances. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards and publish a model policy for missing children, missing adults, and search and rescue protocol. The bill also requires the Department of Emergency Management to establish a Coordinator of Search and Rescue. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission and is identical to SB 1184.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102632D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/15 House: Printed as engrossed 15102632D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1808ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/16/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102632D
- 01/13/15 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/20/15 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 01/28/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/15 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/15 House: Read first time
- 02/09/15 House: Read second time
- 02/09/15 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/09/15 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1808E
- 02/09/15 House: Printed as engrossed 15102632D-E
- 02/10/15 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/15 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/15 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/15 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/15 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/15 House: Enrolled
- 02/23/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1808ER)
- 02/23/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/25/15 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/25/15
- 02/25/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/16/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 205 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/16/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205)