Virginia House Bill 5131 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on August 25 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]

Uniformed law-enforcement officers; identification; penalty. Requires every law-enforcement officer who is on duty and in uniform to wear a badge, nameplate, or other device that conspicuously displays the officer's badge or other identification number or the name of the officer. Upon request for identification from any person, a law-enforcement officer who is on duty and in uniform shall disclose his badge or other identification number or his name. The bill makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor for any law-enforcement officer who is on duty and in uniform to intentionally obstruct or conceal his badge or other identification number or his name.

Uniformed law-enforcement officers; identification, penalty.

Del. Lee Carter [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-09	House	Left in Public Safety
2020-08-25	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2020-08-25	House	Presented and ordered printed 20200930D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1723.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5131
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+HB5131+hil