Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition.
Summary
Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition. Prohibits (i) any agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers; (ii) any sheriff; (iii) any police force; or (iv) the Department of State Police from establishing a formal or informal quota that requires a law-enforcement officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time. The bill also provides that the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a law-enforcement officer shall not be used as the sole criterion for evaluating the law-enforcement officer's job performance. This bill is identical to HB 750.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 8, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 2, 2022
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 28, 2022
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Apr 8, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
lower
Feb 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB327E
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 25, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103905D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bryce Reeves
RRepublican
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