West Virginia Senate Bill 554 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-02-25 - On 2nd reading to Judiciary

The purpose of this bill is to expand the responsibilities of the law-enforcement training subcommittee and rename it the law-enforcement professional standards subcommittee; to clarify the authority to de-certify law-enforcement officers; to establish a database of law-enforcement officers disciplined for certain types of misconduct; to request the proposal of legislative rules to set standards for law-enforcement agencies to report certain types of misconduct by officers to the database; and to require that law-enforcement agencies check the database prior to hiring any officer .

Relating to law-enforcement certification and training

Sen. Jeffrey Kessler [D]

Sen. William Laird [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-25		On 2nd reading to Judiciary
2010-02-25		Read 1st time
2010-02-25		On 1st reading
2010-02-25		Immediate consideration
2010-02-25		Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
2010-02-12		To Government Organization
2010-02-12		To Government Organization then Judiciary
2010-02-12		Introduced in Senate
2010-02-12		To Government Organization then Judiciary
2010-02-12		Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	29	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
30	29	11	New Code	See Bill Text
30	29	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
30	29	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
30	29	5	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=554&year=2010&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill