Law-enforcement officer; duty to render aid, duty to report wrongdoing by another officer. (HB1948)
Introduced By
Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria) with support from 6 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✓ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Law-enforcement officer; duty to render aid; duty to report wrongdoing by another law-enforcement officer. Requires any law-enforcement officer on duty who witnesses another person suffering from a serious bodily injury or a life-threatening condition to render aid and makes it a duty to report acts of wrongdoing, defined in the bill and including bias-based profiling, committed by another law-enforcement officer on duty. Any law-enforcement officer who fails to render such aid or report such wrongdoing committed by another law-enforcement officer shall be subject to disciplinary action, including dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer of the law-enforcement officer. The bill also expands the definition of "bias-based profiling," a practice banned for sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, other local law-enforcement officers, and State Police officers in the performance of their official duties, to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Read the Bill »
Status
01/21/2021: In Committee
History
Date | Action |
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01/11/2021 | Committee |
01/11/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102665D |
01/11/2021 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
01/13/2021 | Assigned PS sub: Public Safety |
01/14/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) |
01/15/2021 | Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
01/15/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1948) |
01/18/2021 | Read first time |
01/19/2021 | Read second time and engrossed |
01/20/2021 | Read third time and passed House (57-Y 42-N) |
01/20/2021 | VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N) (see vote tally) |
01/21/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
01/21/2021 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
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