Law-enforcement officer; failure to intervene in an unlawful use of excessive force, penalties. (HB5029)
Introduced By
Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond) with support from 11 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dawn Adams (D-Richmond), Del. Jeff Bourne (D-Richmond), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Josh Cole (D-Fredericksburg), Del. Wendy Gooditis (D-Clarke), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria), Del. Rodney Willett (D-Henrico), Sen. Lamont Bagby (D-Richmond), Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington)
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
Law-enforcement officer; failure to intervene in an excessive use of force; penalties. Requires that any law-enforcement officer who while in the performance of his official duties witnesses another law-enforcement officer engaging or attempting to engage in the use of excessive force, defined in the bill, against another person shall intervene, when such intervention is objectively reasonable and possible, to end the use of excessive force or attempted use of excessive force, or to prevent the further use of excessive force. The bill also requires a law-enforcement officer to render aid, as circumstances objectively permit, to any person injured as the result of such use of excessive force. The bill requires a law-enforcement officer to report intervention or use of excessive force in accordance with his employing agency's policies for reporting misconduct. The bill provides that any law-enforcement officer who violates the provisions of the bill shall be subject to disciplinary action. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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08/17/2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200388D |
08/17/2020 | Committee |
08/17/2020 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
08/18/2020 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB5029) |
08/23/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB5029) |
08/26/2020 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
08/26/2020 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
08/26/2020 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
08/26/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20201020D-H1 |
08/27/2020 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB5029H1) |
08/28/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB5029H1) |
08/31/2020 | Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
09/02/2020 | Read first time |
09/03/2020 | Read second time |
09/03/2020 | Committee substitute agreed to 20201020D-H1 |
09/03/2020 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5029H1 |
09/04/2020 | Read third time and passed House (55-Y 42-N) |
09/04/2020 | VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) (see vote tally) |
09/09/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
09/09/2020 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
09/16/2020 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
09/16/2020 | Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
09/16/2020 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
09/16/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20201180D-S1 |
09/24/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB5029S1) |
09/24/2020 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
09/25/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
10/01/2020 | Passed by temporarily |
10/01/2020 | Passed by for the day |
10/02/2020 | Floor substitute printed 20201297D-S2 (Locke) |
10/02/2020 | Read third time |
10/02/2020 | Committee substitute rejected |
10/02/2020 | Reading of substitute waived |
10/02/2020 | Substitute by Senator Locke agreed to |
10/02/2020 | Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5029S2 |
10/02/2020 | Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 17-N) (see vote tally) |
10/02/2020 | Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
10/02/2020 | Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N) (see vote tally) |
10/07/2020 | Placed on Calendar |
10/07/2020 | Passed by temporarily |
10/07/2020 | Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201297D-S2 (57-Y 39-N) |
10/07/2020 | VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 39-N) (see vote tally) |
10/13/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB5029S2) |
10/14/2020 | Enrolled |
10/14/2020 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5029ER) |
10/14/2020 | Signed by Speaker |
10/14/2020 | Signed by President |
10/16/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB5029ER) |
10/21/2020 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020 |
10/21/2020 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020 |
10/28/2020 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (Per Article IV, Section 13, this bill will be effective on the |
10/28/2020 | 1st day of the 4th month following the month of adjournment, sine die, of this special session) |
10/28/2020 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025) |
10/28/2020 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (effective 3/1/21) |