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
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