HB 790 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Collective bargaining; law enforcement, transparency and accountability.

Summary
Collective bargaining; law enforcement; transparencyand accountability. Prohibits a county, city, or town from enteringinto a collective bargaining contract with a labor union or otheremployee association representing law-enforcement officers or employeesof a law-enforcement agency that (i) prevents the Attorney Generalfrom seeking equitable relief against a law-enforcement agency engagingin a pattern or practice of unconstitutional misconduct; (ii) includesany stipulation that delays officer interviews or interrogationsafter alleged wrongdoing for a set length of time; (iii) providesofficers with access to evidence before interviews or interrogations about alleged wrongdoing; (iv) mandates the destruction or purgingof disciplinary records from personnel files after a set length oftime, or limits the consideration of disciplinary records in futureemployment actions; (v) prohibits the interrogation, investigation,or punishment of officers on the basis of alleged wrongdoing if aset length of time has elapsed since its alleged occurrence, or sincethe initiation of the investigation; (vi) prohibits supervisors frominterrogating, investigating, or disciplining officers on the basisof anonymous civilian complaints; or (vii) requires arbitration of disputes related to disciplinary penalties or termination.
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 11, 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 Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Energy (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2022
Committee
Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102743D
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors

Sponsors