Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; deputy sheriffs.
Summary
Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; deputy sheriffs. Adds a sheriff's office to those law-enforcement agencies that may be overseen by a law-enforcement civilian oversight body created by a locality and adds a nonprobationary deputy sheriff of a sheriff’s office to those law-enforcement officers who are subject to such body if created by a locality. The bill provides that any disciplinary determinations made by the law-enforcement civilian oversight body on any nonprobationary deputy sheriff shall be advisory only and that if the sheriff's office declines to implement such disciplinary determination, the office shall create a public written record of its rationale for declining to implement the recommended disciplinary determination.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2021
Last action Feb 17, 2021
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 3, 2021
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
7
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2291E
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (12-Y 8-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
lower
Jan 15, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 15, 2021
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 21101778D
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Angelia Graves
DDemocratic
Co
Charniele Herring
DDemocratic
Co
Josh Cole
DDemocratic
Co
Mark H. Levine
DDemocratic
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