Virginia House Bill 2062 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Pending: House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Definition of law-enforcement officer; municipal park rangers. Requires sworn municipal park rangers to be certified through completion of training at an approved criminal justice training academy. The bill authorizes sworn municipal park rangers to access criminal history record information for the purposes of the administration of criminal justice and the screening of an employment application. The bill provides that any sworn municipal park ranger who is a conservator of the peace shall be considered a law-enforcement officer or member of a law-enforcement agency for the purposes of (i) execution and issuance of warrants; (ii) exemption from regulations in certain situations; (iii) obtaining criminal record information; (iv) use of flashing blue warning lights; (v) possession of controlled substances, including marijuana, in the performance of his duties; (vi) penalties for eluding a law-enforcement officer; (vii) penalties for obstruction of justice; (viii) penalties for false reporting; (ix) penalties for escapes from jail; and (x) penalties for resisting arrest.

Law-enforcement officer; definition, municipal park rangers training.

Del. Michael Mullin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2017-01-17	House	Assigned MPPS sub: #2
2017-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2017-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101650D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1706	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	250	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	250.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	460	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	461	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	479	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	389	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	71	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	72	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1022	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	817	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	920	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2062
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2062+hil