Firefighting, emerg. medical services, or law-enforcement equipment & vehicles; destroying, penalty.
Summary
Destroying or tampering with firefighting oremergency medical services equipment or law-enforcement vehiclesand equipment; penalty. Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanorto a Class 6 felony the penalty for injuring, destroying, removing,or tampering with any firefighting equipment or apparatus, emergencymedical services vehicle, or law-enforcement vehicle or equipment.The bill also adds to this prohibition such interference with anyother equipment or apparatus used by emergency medical services personnelor law-enforcement officers.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2022
Last action Feb 28, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2022
How they voted
42–38
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 81
Feb 15, 2022
D
Democratic42
90% Nay
R
Republican39
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
8
Committee
14
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB123H1
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22106436D-H1
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Referred from Appropriations
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (11-Y 10-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 18, 2022
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 7, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 7, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101552D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Wyatt
RRepublican
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