Virginia House Bill 726 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Use of canines in correctional and juvenile correctional facilities; prohibited acts. Provides that it is unlawful for any correctional officer or other employee of a state correctional facility or juvenile correctional facility who is permitted to handle canines to use a canine to (i) extract a prisoner from his cell or (ii) intervene in an altercation, fight, or other incident between three or fewer prisoners. The bill provides that the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall make public any policies and regulations relating to (a) the use of canines, (b) training requirements for both canines and the handlers of such canines, and (c) the supervision of the officers or employees who are permitted to handle such canines. The bill requires the Department of Corrections and the Department of Juvenile Justice to track all canine uses of force and all incidents in which canines were present or requested for assistance but no canine use of force occurred and to make such information available on the Departments' websites.

Correctional and juvenile correctional facilities; use of canines, prohibited acts.

Del. Michael Webert [R]

2024-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Public Safety
2024-01-18	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N)
2024-01-16	House	Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104757D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
53	1	39.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB726
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB726+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H1502V0007+HB0726