Commonwealth Public Safety

Passed

P HB1684

Line of Duty Act; definitions. Extends coverage of the Line of Duty Act to employees of the Department of Emergency Management who are performing official duties related to a major disaster or emergency and employees of any county, city or town who perform emergency management or emergency services duties in cooperation with the Department of Emergency Management. This bill is identical to SB 822.
Patron - McDougle

P HB1817

Private security services. Redefines "armed security officer" as someone who (i) safeguards and protects persons and property or (ii) deters theft, loss, or concealment of any tangible or intangible personal property on the premises he is contracted to protect, and who carries or has access to a firearm in the performance of his duties. Redefines "unarmed security officer" as someone who performs the functions of observation, detection, reporting, or notification of appropriate authorities or their designated agents regarding persons or property on the premises he is contracted to protect, and who does not carry or have access to a firearm in the performance of his duties. Removes definition of "security officer."
Patron - Scott

P HB1952

Virginia State Crime Commission. Provides that the Commission is a criminal justice agency. The bill is a recommendation of the Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1145.
Patron - Albo

P HB2121

Requirement that accident reconstructionists also be licensed private investigators. Provides that a person whose occupation is limited to the technical reconstruction of the cause of motor vehicle accidents, regardless of whether the information resulting from the investigation is to be used before a court, board, officer or investigative committee, and who is not otherwise a private investigator as defined in § 9.1-138, need not be a licensed private investigator.
Patron - Reid

P HB2230

Local probation officers. Sets out the duties and responsibilities of local probation officers (e.g., supervise local-responsible adult offenders and ensure compliance with all orders of the court; conduct random drug and alcohol tests and facilitate placement in substance abuse programs), including those optional duties which may be provided if funds and resources are available.
Patron - Cline

P HB2486

Line of Duty Act; chaplains. Adds police chaplains to the list of people who are covered under the Line of Duty Act.
Patron - Tata

P HB2511

Criminal justice training academies; fees. Allows fees collected to support regional criminal justice training academies to be used to support local criminal justice training academies where the locality does not participate in a regional academy and if the locality was operating a certified independent criminal justice academy as of January 1, 2003. This bill is identical to SB 1345.
Patron - McDonnell

P HB2529

Uniform Statewide Building Code; installation of communication equipment for emergency public safety personnel. Requires the Board of Housing and Community Development to promulgate regulations as part of the Building Code requiring the installation in new commercial, industrial, and multi-family buildings of emergency communications equipment for emergency service personnel to facilitate effective communication between emergency public safety personnel involved in emergency situations. The bill defines emergency communications equipment and emergency public safety personnel.
Patron - Almand

P HB2612

Conservation officer defined as law-enforcement officer; training exemption. Redefines "law-enforcement officer" to include a conservation officer of the Department of Conservation and Recreation and exempts such officers appointed prior to July 1, 2003, from minimum training standards for law-enforcement officers. Defining conservation officers as law-enforcement officers includes them in the capital murder statute and has other consequences throughout the Code.
Patron - Bryant

P HB2671

School safety personnel. Delays for one year, until September 15, 2004, the date upon which training and employment standards for persons employed as school security officers will be applicable. These standards were to be developed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Department of Education and the Virginia State Crime Commission, pursuant to HB 498 and SB 295 (Chapters 868 and 836 of the Acts of Assembly of 2002, respectively).
Patron - Hamilton

P SB822

Line of Duty Act; definitions. Extends coverage of the Line of Duty Act to any employee of the Department of Emergency Management and any employee of any county, city or town performing emergency management or emergency services duties when those duties are related to a major disaster or emergency that has been or is later declared to exist under the authority of the Governor or a local emergency declared by a local governing body. This bill is identical to HB 1684.
Patron - Norment

P SB952

Line of Duty Act; chaplains. Adds all police chaplains to the list of people who are covered under the Line of Duty Act. Currently, only police chaplains in the City of Virginia Beach are covered. This bill is identical to HB 2486.
Patron - Blevins

P SB1145

Virginia State Crime Commission. Provides that the Commission is a criminal justice agency and is a recommendation of the Commission. This bill is identical to HB 1952.
Patron - Stolle

P SB1332

Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. Moves current law provisions regarding the Registry into Title 9.1 (Commonwealth Public Safety) from Title 19.2 (Criminal Procedure). The bill breaks the Code provisions into shorter, more readable sections. The offenses for which registration is required and the registration requirements are not changed from current law. The bill states more explicitly than current law that July 1, 1994, is the trigger date for registration. The bill adds a provision that registrants who are enrolled or employed by an institution of higher education must indicate the name of the institution on their registration form and that the State Police must notify the chief law-enforcement officer of the institution of the person's registration. The institution of higher education provision is a requirement that Virginia must comply with by October 1, 2003, in order to avoid a possible reduction in Byrne grant funds.
Patron - Houck

P SB1345

Criminal justice training academies; fees. Allows fees collected to support regional criminal justice training academies to be used to support local criminal justice training academies where the locality does not participate in a regional academy and the locality was operating a certified independent criminal justice academy as of January 1, 2003. This bill is identical to HB 2511.
Patron - Stolle

Failed

F HB1415

Line of Duty Act; disability benefits. Deletes the requirement that payments for continued health care coverage be retroactive to the date that the disability first existed.
Patron - Janis

F HB1759

Review of Law-Enforcement Employee Records Act; penalty. Provides a right of access by law-enforcement employees to review and correct any personnel files maintained by their employer agency related to such employees. The bill provides for sanctions in the event there is a violation by a law-enforcement employer.
Patron - Amundson

F HB1880

Review of Law-Enforcement Employee Records Act; penalty. Provides a right of access by law-enforcement employees to review any personnel files maintained by their employer agency related to such employees. The bill provides for sanctions in the event there is a violation by a law-enforcement employer.
Patron - Amundson

F SB759

Line of Duty Act; definition of disabled employee. Amends the definition of "disabled employee" to include any person who has become mentally or physically incapacitated on or after April 8, 1972, as a direct or proximate result of the performance of his duty.
Patron - Wampler

F SB814

F SB1144

Criminal intelligence. Places in the Code of Virginia criminal intelligence systems operating policies that are currently in the Code of Federal Regulations. The bill governs the collection, maintenance, dissemination and review of intelligence information by any department or agency of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision. Violation of the requirements is a Class 1 misdemeanor. This bill is a recommendation of the Crime Commission.
Patron - Stolle

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