Virginia House Bill 1965 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; required Virginia Freedom of Information Act; required release of law-enforcement disciplinary records; exceptions. Requires the release of law-enforcement disciplinary records related to completed disciplinary investigations. The bill defines "law-enforcement disciplinary records" as any record created in furtherance of a law-enforcement disciplinary proceeding or any other administrative or judicial proceeding arising from the law-enforcement officer's conduct, whether such proceeding takes place in the Commonwealth or in another jurisdiction. The bill requires the redaction of (i) certain personal contact information of the law-enforcement officer, complainant, and witness and of their families; (ii) social security numbers; (iii) certain medical and identifying information of the law-enforcement officer and complainant; and (iv) any technical infraction, as defined in the bill, by the law-enforcement officer.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; required release of law-enforcement disciplinary records.

Del. Michael Mullin [D]

2023-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in General Laws
2023-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2023-01-23	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101217D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3706	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1965
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1965+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1104V0006+HB1965