Law-enforcement officer; penalty for failure to identify oneself when requested. (HB435)
Introduced By
Del. Jackson Miller (R-Manassas)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
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. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/04/2008 | Committee |
01/04/2008 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080311640 |
01/04/2008 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/17/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB435) |
02/12/2008 | Left in Courts of Justice |
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.