Bill Text: VA HB70 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; minimum rights.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-02-28 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) [HB70 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HB70-Prefiled.html
22101878D
HOUSE BILL NO. 70
Offered January 12, 2022
Prefiled January 4, 2022
A BILL to amend and reenact §9.1-507 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; minimum rights.
----------
Patron-- Davis
----------
Committee Referral Pending
----------
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §9.1-507 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§9.1-507. Chapter accords minimum rights.
A. The
rights accorded law-enforcement officers in this chapter are minimum rights, and all agencies, unless otherwise provided in this section,
shall adopt grievance procedures that are consistent with this chapter.
However, an agency may provide for additional rights of law-enforcement
officers in its grievance procedure.
B. The provisions
of this chapter shall not apply to any law-enforcement officer or
law-enforcement agency that serves under the authority of a locality that has
established a law-enforcement civilian oversight body pursuant to §9.1-601.
