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2024 SESSION
HB 250 Law-enforcement officers; interrogation practices.
Introduced by: Jackie H. Glass | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Department of Criminal Justice Services; law-enforcement officers; interrogation practices. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall have the power and duty to establish a comprehensive framework for the custodial and noncustodial interrogation of adults and juveniles by law-enforcement officers within the Commonwealth, which shall include (i) developing policies and procedures for interrogation practices, including guidance on when the use of the following is considered lawful: (a) false promises of leniency, (b) misleading statements regarding evidence or statements of witnesses or co-conspirators, and (c) inauthentic replica documents or computer-generated audiovisual evidence; (ii) establishing and publishing a model policy for conducting such interrogations to serve as a guideline for criminal justice agencies in the Commonwealth; and (iii) establishing compulsory minimum training standards for basic training and recertification of law-enforcement officers on conducting such interrogations. The bill provides that the Department shall establish and publish such model policy by January 1, 2025. The bill requires any person employed as a law-enforcement officer prior to July 1, 2024, to complete the training required by the bill by January 1, 2028.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104173D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/24 House: Printed as engrossed 24104173D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB250ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/04/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104173D
- 01/04/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/16/24 House: Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
- 01/25/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 2-N)
- 01/25/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/26/24 House: Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/30/24 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- 01/30/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/30/24 House: Read first time
- 01/30/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 01/31/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/06/24 House: Read first time
- 02/07/24 House: Read second time
- 02/07/24 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/07/24 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB250E
- 02/07/24 House: Printed as engrossed 24104173D-E
- 02/08/24 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)
- 02/08/24 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 47-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/21/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/21/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/29/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/04/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/24 Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
- 03/07/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB250ER)
- 03/07/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/20/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 House: House sustained Governor's veto