Virginia House Bill 1994 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Minimum qualifications for law-enforcement officers; citizenship; waiver. Allows individuals who are lawfully admitted for permanent residence who have resided in the United States for no less than 60 months and who are both eligible for and have applied for United States citizenship to qualify for the positions of chief of police and all police officers of any locality, all deputy sheriffs and jail officers in the Commonwealth, and all law-enforcement officers. The bill allows any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers to hire, recruit, or refer an individual who is a citizen of the United States over another individual who meets such qualifications if such individuals are equally qualified. Current law only allows citizens of the United States to qualify for the named positions; the citizenship requirement can only be waived for good cause upon request of a sheriff or chief of police or the director or chief executive of any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers to the Department of Criminal Justice Services.

Law-enforcement officers; minimum qualifications, citizenship, waiver.

Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. William Wampler [R]

2023-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 4-N) (Y: 5 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-02-03	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-02-03	House	Referred from Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
2023-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 4-N)
2023-01-23	House	Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102269D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1705	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1994
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1994+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1994F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0701V0036+HB1994