Virginia House Bill 908 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Use of canines in correctional facilities; prohibited acts. Makes it unlawful for any correctional officer, jail officer, or other employee of a state, local, or juvenile correctional facility to use a canine, except where there is an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to any prisoner or detained juvenile or any officer or employee of the facility, to extract a prisoner or detained juvenile from his cell or to intervene in an altercation, fight, or other incident between prisoners or detained juveniles. The bill requires that all incidents involving the use of a canine be reported to a database established by the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, as applicable, and that such reports be made available to the public and include the name of the facility, the name of the canine, and the name of the canine's handler. The bill also requires that the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, as applicable, make public any policies relating to the use of canines, training requirements for both canines and handlers, and the supervision of the officers or employees who are permitted to handle such canines.

Correctional facilities; prohibited acts, use of canines by officers.

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

2022-02-10 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Public Safety
2022-02-10	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2022-02-08	House	Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2022-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104024D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
53	1	39.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB908
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB908+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB908F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1502V0039+HB0908