Virginia House Bill 5029 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-0)
Status: Passed on October 28 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-10-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Law-enforcement officer; failure to intervene in an excessive use of force; penalties. Requires that any law-enforcement officer who while in the performance of his official duties witnesses another law-enforcement officer engaging or attempting to engage in the use of excessive force, defined in the bill, against another person shall intervene, when such intervention is objectively reasonable and possible, to end the use of excessive force or attempted use of excessive force, or to prevent the further use of excessive force. The bill also requires a law-enforcement officer to render aid, as circumstances objectively permit, to any person injured as the result of such use of excessive force. The bill requires a law-enforcement officer to report intervention or use of excessive force in accordance with his employing agency's policies for reporting misconduct. The bill provides that any law-enforcement officer who violates the provisions of the bill shall be subject to disciplinary action.

Law-enforcement officer; failure to intervene in an unlawful use of excessive force, penalties.

Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]
Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. David Bulova [D]
Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]
Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]
Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]
Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Don Scott [D]
Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]
Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2020-10-07 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 39-N) (Y: 57 N: 39 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-10-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N) (Y: 21 N: 17 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-10-02 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-10-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 17-N) (Y: 20 N: 17 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-09-25 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-09-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) (Y: 12 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-09-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 5-N) (Y: 8 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-09-04 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) (Y: 55 N: 42 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-08-31 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-08-26 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-10-28		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025)
2020-10-28		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (effective 3/1/21)
2020-10-21		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
2020-10-21	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
2020-10-14	Senate	Signed by President
2020-10-14	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-10-14	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5029ER)
2020-10-14	House	Enrolled
2020-10-07	House	VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 39-N)
2020-10-07	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201297D-S2 (57-Y 39-N)
2020-10-07	House	Passed by temporarily
2020-10-07	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-10-02	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N)
2020-10-02	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2020-10-02	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 17-N)
2020-10-02	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5029S2
2020-10-02	Senate	Substitute by Senator Locke agreed to
2020-10-02	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-10-02	Senate	Committee substitute rejected
2020-10-02	Senate	Read third time
2020-10-02	Senate	Floor substitute printed 20201297D-S2 (Locke)
2020-10-01	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-10-01	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2020-09-25	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2020-09-24	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N)
2020-09-16	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-09-16	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20201180D-S1
2020-09-16	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 5-N)
2020-09-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-09-09	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-09-04	House	VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N)
2020-09-04	House	Read third time and passed House (55-Y 42-N)
2020-09-03	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5029H1
2020-09-03	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20201020D-H1
2020-09-03	House	Read second time
2020-09-02	House	Read first time
2020-08-31	House	Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N)
2020-08-26	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-08-26	House	Committee substitute printed 20201020D-H1
2020-08-26	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
2020-08-17	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-08-17	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200388D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	57.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5029
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5029+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5029H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5029S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5029S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5029ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0025+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+H08V0011+HB5029
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+H02V0004+HB5029
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+HV0054+HB5029
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S03V0062+HB5029
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S05V0045+HB5029
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0151HB5029+HB5029
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0209HB5029+HB5029
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0210HB5029+HB5029
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+SV0211HB5029+HB5029
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+HV0184+HB5029