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2024 SESSION
HB 776 Law-enforcement officers; minimum qualifications, citizenship, waiver.
Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Minimum qualifications for law-enforcement officers; citizenship; waiver. Allows individuals who are lawfully admitted for permanent residence who have resided in the United States for no less than 60 months and who are both eligible for and have applied for United States citizenship to qualify for the positions of chief of police and all police officers of any locality, all deputy sheriffs and jail officers in the Commonwealth, and all law-enforcement officers. The bill allows any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers to hire, recruit, or refer an individual who is a citizen of the United States over another individual who meets such qualifications if such individuals are equally qualified.
Current law only allows citizens of the United States to qualify for the named positions; the citizenship requirement can only be waived for good cause upon request of a sheriff or chief of police or the director or chief executive of any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers to the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102761D pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB776ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102761D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/19/24 House: Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
- 01/25/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
- 01/26/24 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/30/24 House: Read first time
- 01/31/24 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/01/24 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/01/24 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/02/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/19/24 Senate: Rereferred from Local Government (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/24 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB776ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 House: House sustained Governor's veto