Virginia House Bill 2045 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Civil action for deprivation of rights; duties and liabilities of certain employers in employing or contracting for the services of law-enforcement officers. Creates a civil action for the deprivation of a person's rights by a law-enforcement officer and provides that a plaintiff may be awarded compensatory damages, punitive damages, and equitable relief as well as reasonable attorney fees and costs. The bill provides that sovereign immunity and limitations on liability or damages shall not apply to such actions and that qualified immunity is not a defense to liability for such deprivation of rights. Finally, the bill provides that any public or private entity that employs or contracts for the services of a law-enforcement officer owes a duty of reasonable care to third parties in its hiring, supervision, training, retention, and use of such officers under its employment or contract.

Civil action for deprivation of rights; duties and liabilities of certain employers.

Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Jerrauld Jones [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Lee Carter [D]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]

2021-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2021-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N)
2021-01-26	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2021-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101696D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	42.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
8	01	42.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2045
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2045+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB2045F164+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H0802V0020+HB2045