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 16 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Lee Carter (D-Manassas), Del. Kelly Fowler (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Clinton Jenkins (D-Suffolk), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale), Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond)
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 »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/10/2021 | Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law |
| 02/15/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/15/2021 | Committee amendments |
| 02/15/2021 | Failed to report (defeated) in Judiciary (6-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/17/2021 | Reconsidered by Judiciary |
| 02/17/2021 | Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (7-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
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