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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 5024 Law-enforcement; Attorney Gen. authorized to file civil suit or inquire into any unlawful practice.
Introduced by: L. Louise Lucas | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Law-enforcement misconduct. Authorizes the Attorney General to file a civil suit or inquire into or seek to conciliate, through the Division of Human Rights, any unlawful pattern and practice against the Commonwealth or a locality whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that law-enforcement officers of any agency of the Commonwealth or any locality are engaging in a pattern or practice that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the laws of the United States and the Commonwealth. The bill also empowers the Attorney General to issue a civil investigative demand if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that an unlawful pattern and practice violation has occurred. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to enter into a conciliation agreement with a locality to resolve an unlawful pattern and practice, and provides that such agreement may include a court-enforceable deprivation of certain local funds if the locality fails to abide by the agreement. This bill is identical to HB 5072.
FULL TEXT
- 08/13/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200402D pdf | impact statement
- 09/09/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20200402D-E pdf | impact statement
- 10/07/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5024ER) pdf | impact statement
- 10/21/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 08/13/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200402D
- 08/13/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 08/18/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
- 08/18/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 09/03/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N)
- 09/04/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 09/09/20 Senate: Read second time
- 09/09/20 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 09/09/20 Senate: Amendment by Senator Lucas agreed to
- 09/09/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB5024E
- 09/09/20 Senate: Printed as engrossed 20200402D-E
- 09/10/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 09/17/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 09/17/20 House: Read first time
- 09/17/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 09/22/20 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N)
- 09/22/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 09/25/20 House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N)
- 09/29/20 House: Read second time
- 10/02/20 House: Read third time
- 10/02/20 House: Passed House (55-Y 42-N)
- 10/02/20 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N)
- 10/07/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 10/07/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5024ER)
- 10/07/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 10/07/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 10/14/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
- 10/14/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
- 10/21/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 19 (effective 3/1/21)
- 10/21/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)