Virginia House Bill 251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Communications, Technology and Innovation
Pending: House Communications, Technology and Innovation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Department of Criminal Justice Services; criminal justice Department of Criminal Justice Services; criminal justice agencies; audiovisual surveillance technologies. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall have the power and duty to establish a comprehensive framework for the use of audiovisual surveillance technologies as defined in the bill, including license plate reader systems, by criminal justice agencies within the Commonwealth. The comprehensive framework shall include (i) developing policies and procedures that ensure technology usage, data security, and data retention are in compliance with existing laws and regulations; (ii) establishing and publishing a model policy for the use of audiovisual surveillance technologies to serve as a guideline for criminal justice agencies in the Commonwealth; and (iii) establishing compulsory minimum training standards for basic training and recertification of law-enforcement officers operating or accessing audiovisual surveillance technologies, which shall include training on relevant state and federal laws, operational guidelines, privacy and civil liberties considerations, and proper data handling and retention. The bill provides that the Department shall establish and publish such model policy by January 1, 2025, and that all criminal justice agencies shall adopt a policy consistent with such model policy by July 1, 2025. The bill requires any law-enforcement officer who is authorized to operate or access audiovisual surveillance technologies to complete the training required by the bill by July 1, 2025.

Criminal justice agencies; audiovisual surveillance technologies.

Del. Jackie Glass [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Communications, Technology and Innovation
2024-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 with amendment(s) by voice vote
2024-01-26	House	Assigned CT & I sub: Technology and Innovation
2024-01-04	House	Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
2024-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104387D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
9	1	102	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB251
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB251+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106682A.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB251F122+PDF