Virginia House Bill 998 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Local law-enforcement agencies; body-worn cameras. Requires localities to adopt and establish a written policy for the operation of a body-worn camera system that conforms to the model policy established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) prior to purchasing or deploying a body-worn camera system. The bill requires such policy to provide that (i) recorded individuals have a right to view and make copies of any audiovisual recording in which they are depicted; (ii) recordings be destroyed within 60 days unless certain exceptions apply; and (iii) the locality deploying the system review the recordings on a periodic basis to determine whether persons wearing the body-worn cameras are acting inappropriately or exhibiting bias. The bill provides that the Commonwealth shall reimburse each locality up to one-half of the costs of any body-worn camera system, provided that the locality has adopted and established a written policy that has been approved by the Department. The bill requires the Department to establish a model policy for the operation of body-worn camera systems and establish procedures for the reimbursement of counties and cities that purchase a body-worn camera system.

Law-enforcement agencies, local; body-worn cameras.

Del. Mark Levine [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2016-02-10	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-19	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2016-01-13	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102838D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1723.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	102	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB998
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB998+hil