Bill Text: VA HB301 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Officer-involved shootings; VSP shall include in annual Crime in Virginia report.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333) [HB301 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB301-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 301 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled January 4, 2016 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 52-28.2, relating to justifiable homicide; reporting requirement. ---------- Patron-- Herring ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 52-28.2 as follows:

§52-28.2. Reporting of justifiable homicides; inclusion in annual Crime in Virginia report.

The Department of State Police shall include justifiable homicides involving a law-enforcement officer in the annual Crime in Virginia report. Any law-enforcement or public safety officer required to report such homicides shall receive training concerning such reporting requirement.