SB 1332 Virginia Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Law-enforcement officer; use of deadly force during an arrest or detention.

Summary
Use of deadly force by a law-enforcement officerduring an arrest or detention. Eliminates the requirements thata law-enforcement officer shall not use deadly force against a personunless he has provided a warning to the subject of the deadly forcethat he will use deadly force, if feasible, and exhausted all otheroptions or such options do not reasonably lend themselves to thecircumstances. The bill shifts these requirements to the factorsconsidered in determining whether a law-enforcement officer's useof deadly force was proper.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2021 Last action Jan 20, 2021
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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Jan 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100956D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Bryce Reeves
RRepublican
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