Arrests; law-enforcement agency to report, etc. (HB1266)
Introduced By
Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville)
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
Report of arrests; fingerprints; trespass; disorderly conduct. Requires that a law-enforcement agency make a report of any arrest of a person for trespassing (§ 18.2-119) or disorderly conduct (§ 18.2-415) to the Central Criminal Records Exchange and that such report be accompanied by the fingerprints and photograph of the person arrested. Under current law, such a report is required for all other misdemeanors punishable by confinement in jail under Title 18.2 (Crimes and Offenses Generally). This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to SB 566. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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01/10/2018 | Committee |
01/10/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103931D |
01/10/2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/18/2018 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 |
01/24/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1266) |
01/26/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) |
01/29/2018 | Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/31/2018 | Read first time |
02/01/2018 | Read second time and engrossed |
02/02/2018 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
02/02/2018 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/05/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/05/2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/12/2018 | Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
02/13/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2018 | Read third time |
02/14/2018 | Passed Senate (34-Y 5-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2018 | Enrolled |
02/16/2018 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1266ER) |
02/16/2018 | Signed by Speaker |
02/19/2018 | Signed by President |
02/19/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1266ER) |
02/19/2018 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2018 |
02/19/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 26, 2018 |
02/26/2018 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 51 (effective 7/1/18) |
02/26/2018 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0051) |
Comments
The ACLU of Virginia opposes this bill that would require law enforcement to report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange the arrest of any person taken into custody for trespass or disorderly conduct in public. This requirement will create or expand the criminal record of people who are arrested in the context of first amendment activities who charges are later dropped and the homeless who are often arrested on such charges. There is no clear benefit to changing the current law which does not require arrests for these minor, non-violent misdemeanors to be engraved on a person's criminal record that can then be used against them in seeking employment, among other things.