Virginia House Bill 594 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-05 - Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Enforcement of traffic or motor vehicle laws; marked law-enforcement vehicles. Requires that any law-enforcement vehicle used by an officer for enforcing traffic or motor vehicle laws be (i) marked in some distinctive manner that identifies the law-enforcement agency employing such officer and (ii) equipped with warning lights. The bill provides exceptions for an officer who (a) stops at the scene of an accident or to assist a disabled motor vehicle, (b) has probable cause to believe the operator of a motor vehicle has committed a felony or is driving under the influence, or (iii) stops the operator of a motor vehicle who the officer reasonably believes constitutes a risk of causing imminent and serious bodily injury to any person.

Traffic or motor vehicle laws; enforcement of laws, marked law-enforcement vehicles.

Del. Robert Marshall [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-05	House	Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
2016-01-19	House	Assigned MPPS sub: #3
2016-01-19	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2016-01-19	House	Referred from Transportation by voice vote
2016-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2016-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103547D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	936.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB594
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB594+hil