Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; minimum rights.
Summary
Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act; minimum rights. Provides that the rights accorded to law-enforcement officers in the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act are minimum rights and all law-enforcement agencies shall adopt grievance procedures that are consistent with such rights. The bill removes the current exception from the provisions of the Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act for any law-enforcement officer or law-enforcement agency that serves under the authority of a locality that has established a law-enforcement civilian oversight body.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Governor
Introduced Jan 4, 2022
Last action Feb 28, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2022
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Feb 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (11-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 4, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101878D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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