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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 5049 Law-enforcement agencies; acquisition and use of military property.
Introduced by: Dan I. Helmer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Acquisition and use of military property by law-enforcement agencies. Provides that no state or local law-enforcement agency shall acquire or purchase (i) weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles; (ii) aircraft that are configured for combat or are combat-coded and have no established commercial flight application; (iii) grenades or similar explosives or grenade launchers from a surplus program operated by the federal government; (iv) armored multi-wheeled vehicles that are mine-resistant, ambush-protected, and configured for combat from a surplus program operated by the federal government; (v) bayonets; (vi) firearms of .50 caliber or higher; (vii) ammunition of .50 caliber or higher; or (viii) weaponized tracked armored vehicles. These provisions do not apply to the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force. The bill prohibits the use of such military property by a law-enforcement officer unless a waiver has been granted by the Criminal Justice Services Board. The bill prohibits the use of kinetic impact munitions unless their use is necessary to protect a law-enforcement officer or another person from bodily injury. "Kinetic impact munitions" includes impact rounds and baton rounds, such as rubber batons, bean bag rounds, foam baton rounds, and plastic, wax, wood, or rubber-coated projectiles. The bill directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) to establish training standards for law enforcement on the use of kinetic impact munitions and tear gas. The bill directs the Department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
FULL TEXT
- 08/17/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200730D pdf | impact statements
- 09/03/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20201002D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 09/16/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20201182D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 10/02/20 Senate: Floor substitute printed 20201300D-S2 (Locke) pdf | impact statement
- 10/13/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20201364D-H2 pdf
- 10/16/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5049ER) pdf | impact statement
- 11/18/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments not adopted
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 08/17/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200730D
- 08/17/20 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 08/25/20 House: Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 8-N)
- 08/25/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 09/03/20 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 09/03/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20201002D-H1
- 09/04/20 House: Read first time
- 09/08/20 House: Passed by for the day
- 09/09/20 House: Read second time
- 09/09/20 House: Amendment by Delegate Helmer withdrawn
- 09/09/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20201002D-H1
- 09/09/20 House: Pending question ordered
- 09/09/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5049H1
- 09/10/20 House: Passed by until after Resolutions Regular Calendar
- 09/10/20 House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 42-N)
- 09/10/20 House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N)
- 09/15/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 09/15/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 09/16/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N)
- 09/16/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20201182D-S1
- 09/16/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 09/24/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N)
- 09/25/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 10/01/20 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 10/01/20 Senate: Read third time
- 10/01/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 10/02/20 Senate: Floor substitute printed 20201300D-S2 (Locke)
- 10/02/20 Senate: Read third time
- 10/02/20 Senate: Committee substitute rejected
- 10/02/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 10/02/20 Senate: Substitute by Senator Locke withdrawn
- 10/02/20 Senate: Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
- 10/02/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20201182D-S1
- 10/02/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5049S1
- 10/02/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N)
- 10/07/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 10/07/20 House: Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 95-N)
- 10/07/20 House: VOTE: Rejected (1-Y 95-N)
- 10/07/20 Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (27-Y 9-N)
- 10/07/20 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 10/07/20 House: House acceded to request
- 10/07/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 10/07/20 House: Delegates: Herring, Helmer, Campbell, J.L.
- 10/07/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 10/07/20 Senate: Senators: Surovell, Locke, Stuart
- 10/13/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 10/13/20 House: Conference substitute printed 20201364D-H2
- 10/14/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 42-N)
- 10/14/20 House: VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 42-N)
- 10/14/20 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 10/14/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- 10/16/20 House: Enrolled
- 10/16/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5049ER)
- 10/16/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 10/16/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 10/21/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- 10/21/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- 10/28/20 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 11/09/20 House: House rejected Governor's recommendation (3-Y 95-N)
- 11/09/20 House: VOTE: Rejected (3-Y 95-N)
- 11/16/20 House: Communicated to Governor on November 16, 2020
- 11/16/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., December 9, 2020
- 11/18/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 55 (effective 3/1/21)
- 11/18/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055)