Virginia House Bill 5081 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on August 18 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-11-09 - Left in Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Civilian deaths in custody; report. Requires every law-enforcement agency and correctional facility to report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, under arrest or in the process of being arrested, en route to be incarcerated, incarcerated, or otherwise in the custody of such law-enforcement agency or correctional facility. The bill provides that any law-enforcement agency or correctional facility that fails to comply may, at the discretion of the Department, be declared ineligible for state grants or funds. The bill also requires the Department to analyze the submitted data to (i) determine the means by which such information can be used to reduce the number of such deaths and (ii) examine the relationship, if any, between the number of such deaths and the actions of management of such law-enforcement agencies and correctional facilities. The Director of the Department shall annually report the findings and recommendations resulting from the analysis and interpretation of the data to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Attorney General beginning on or before July 1, 2022, and each July 1 thereafter.

Civilian deaths in custody; report.

Del. Marcia Price [D]	Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]
Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]
Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]
Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Don Scott [D]	Del. Jeion Ward [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-09	House	Left in Public Safety
2020-08-18	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2020-08-18	House	Presented and ordered printed 20200092D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
9	1	193	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5081
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5081+hil