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HB435: Law-enforcement officer; penalty for failure to identify oneself when requested.
Chief Patron
Del.
Jackson Miller (R-50)
Jackson Miller
(R-50)
Manassas, VA
Served: 2007–
Progress
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Introduced |
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Became Law |
Status
02/12/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee
Summary
Failure to identify oneself to a law-enforcement officer; penalty. Provides that any person who while in a public place or a place open to the public refuses to identify himself at the request of a law-enforcement officer in uniform or a properly identified police officer, when the surrounding circumstances reasonably require that public safety requires such identification, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/17/2008 and 02/12/2008.
Poll Results
10 votes
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Comments
Great idea, lets shred the entire Constitution while we are at it. This bill is simply a way for Law enforcement to get around not having Reasonable articulable Suspicion to detain a person. Prince William County police (and departments throughout Virginia)don't need anymore ways to harass citizens. Let's stick with the Constitutional intent as interpreted by several landmark Supreme court rulings, and keep Reasonable Articulable Suspicion.
This is a horrible law that allows police to intimidate citizens. If an offense requires arrest, wouldn't the General Assembly reclass the offense as a felony? The law works as it is, don't change it and don't allow 435 to pass.