Virginia Senate Bill 5065 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on August 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-08-26 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary with letter (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Civil action for deprivation of rights by a law-enforcement officer. Creates a civil action for the deprivation of a person's rights by a law-enforcement officer. The bill provides that a plaintiff may be awarded compensatory damages, punitive damages, and equitable relief, as well as reasonable attorney fees and costs. Finally, the bill provides that sovereign immunity or any other immunities or limitations on liability or damages shall not apply to such actions and that qualified immunity is not a defense to liability for such deprivation of rights.

Law-enforcement officer; civil action for deprivation of rights.

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2020-08-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary with letter (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-26	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary with letter (14-Y 0-N)
2020-08-26	Senate	Committee substitute printed to LIS only 20201016D-S1
2020-08-17	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-08-17	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200158D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	42.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5065
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5065+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5065S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S03V0051+SB5065