Virginia Senate Bill 495 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 5 2014 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-12-04 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Pending: House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Special conservators of the peace. Makes various changes to the laws providing for the appointment of special conservators of the peace, including (i) requiring the Criminal Justice Services Board to establish graduated training standards for special conservators, and in adopting such standards, requiring that the Board seek the advice of the Private Security Services Advisory Board; (ii) removing the limits on the number of hours the Board is able to require for training; (iii) specifying that applications for appointments of special conservators shall be submitted on forms developed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) in consultation with the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia; (iv) disallowing persons who have registered on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry from registering as special conservators; (v) requiring all applicants to register with DCJS, regardless of a person's standing as a law-enforcement officer; (vi) requiring the employer of a special conservator to notify DCJS and the circuit court within 30 days after a person employed as a special conservator has left his position; (vii) requiring the order of appointment to specify the geographic location in which the special conservator will serve; (viii) as of October 1, 2014, disallowing special conservators from using the seal of the Commonwealth or the word "police" on any uniform, badge, credential, or vehicle, except that special conservators employed by a state agency may use the seal of the Commonwealth; and (ix) providing that the circuit court shall retain jurisdiction for four years over any appointment order and may revoke such appointment for good cause. The bill also defines private police department and allows such departments employing officers meeting the compulsory minimum training standards established by the Board as of July 1, 2014 to continue to operate and use the word "police" until July 1, 2015.

Conservators of the peace, special; various changes to laws providing for appointment.

Sen. Thomas Norment [R]

2014-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-04	House	Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2014-02-21	House	Continued to 2015 in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
2014-02-18	House	Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1
2014-02-12	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2014-02-12	House	Read first time
2014-02-12	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-02-07	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-06	Senate	Passed by for the day
2014-02-05	Senate	Printed as engrossed 14104722D-ES1
2014-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB495ES1
2014-02-05	Senate	Amendment by Senator Obenshain agreed to
2014-02-05	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2014-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 14104722D-S1
2014-02-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2014-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2014-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute printed 14104722D-S1
2014-02-03	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 0-N 1-A)
2014-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101374D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	13	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	150.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SB495
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB495+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB495S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB495ES1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S03C0142+SB0495
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SC0271SB0495+SB0495
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SC0309SB0495+SB0495