Virginia House Bill 2291 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 2 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-17 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; deputy sheriffs. Adds a sheriff's office to those law-enforcement agencies that may be overseen by a law-enforcement civilian oversight body created by a locality and adds a nonprobationary deputy sheriff of a sheriff's office to those law-enforcement officers who are subject to such body if created by a locality. The bill provides that any disciplinary determinations made by the law-enforcement civilian oversight body on any nonprobationary deputy sheriff shall be advisory only and that if the sheriff's office declines to implement such disciplinary determination, the office shall create a public written record of its rationale for declining to implement the recommended disciplinary determination. Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; deputy sheriffs. Adds a sheriff's office to those law-enforcement agencies that may be overseen by a law-enforcement civilian oversight body created by a locality and adds a nonprobationary deputy sheriff of a sheriff's office to those law-enforcement officers who are subject to such body if created by a locality. The bill provides that any disciplinary determinations made by the law-enforcement civilian oversight body on any nonprobationary deputy sheriff shall be advisory only and that if the sheriff's office declines to implement such disciplinary determination, the office shall create a public written record of its rationale for declining to implement the recommended disciplinary determination.

Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; deputy sheriffs.

Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

Del. Charniele Herring [D]

Del. Joshua Cole [D]

Del. Mark Levine [D]

2021-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (12-Y 2-N 1-A) (Y: 12 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) (Y: 53 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (12-Y 8-N) (Y: 12 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-17	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
2021-02-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2021-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-02-03	House	VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
2021-02-03	House	Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
2021-02-02	House	Printed as engrossed 21101778D-E
2021-02-02	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB2291E
2021-02-02	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2021-02-02	House	Read second time
2021-02-01	House	Read first time
2021-01-29	House	Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (12-Y 8-N)
2021-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
2021-01-20	House	Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
2021-01-15	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2021-01-15	House	Presented and ordered printed 21101778D

HB2291 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
9	1	601	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2291
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2291+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2291E+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB2291AH
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21200372A.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/.htm
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2291FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H15C0016+HB2291
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1400+HB2291
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S03C0174+HB2291
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H1502C0012+HB2291
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S03V0056+HB2291