SB 1645 Virginia Senate · 2019 Regular Session

Use of force; data collection and reporting requirement.

Summary
Requires the the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to convene a work group that shall include representatives from the Departments of Corrections and State Police and the Board of Corrections, as well as representatives from local police departments, sheriffs' offices, local correctional facilities, and other interested stakeholder groups, to develop a strategy for producing and publishing a comprehensive report on the use of force by Virginia law-enforcement officers, correctional officers, and jail officers. The bill requires the work group to report its progress and the outcomes of its activities to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2019. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon funding in a general appropriation act.
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2019 Last action Feb 6, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2019

How they voted

22–18
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 4, 2019
D Democratic19
19 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican21
3 Yea 18 Nay
85% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (22-18)
senate
Feb 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1645ES1
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105906D-S1
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104536D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Jennifer Boysko
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
VA
38