Police, State

Passed

P HB1007

Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; confidentiality; immunity. Provides that papers, records, documents, reports, materials, databases or other evidence or information relative to criminal intelligence or any terrorism investigation in the possession of the Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center within the Department of State Police are confidential and not subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act or the Government Data Collections and Disseminations Practices Act. The Department must conduct an annual review of such information and remove any which is determined to not have a nexus to terroristic activity. The bill also provides that people who have access to information maintained by the Fusion Center are not subject to subpoena in any civil action concerning criminal intelligence information maintained by the Fusion Center. The bill restricts the release or dissemination of information without prior authorization from the Fusion Center and punishes any person who knowingly disseminates information with a Class 1 misdemeanor. If such unauthorized release or dissemination results in death or serious bodily injury the penalty is a Class 4 felony. There is an immunity provision for people who furnish information on criminal violations to a governmental entity established for the purposes of detecting and preventing acts of terrorism.
Patron - Jones, D.C.

P HB1510

Gang-related criminal information. Requires the Department of State Police to include arrest statistics for certain gang-related crimes in the annual Crime in Virginia report. This bill incorporates HB 531.
Patron - May

Failed

F HB305

Department of State Police; division of legal presence. Creates a division of legal presence investigation and enforcement within the Department of State Police. The division shall hire at least 100 full-time law-enforcement officers authorized to perform certain immigration functions.
Patron - Nichols

F HB531

Gang-related criminal information. Requires law-enforcement agencies to forward gang-related criminal information to the Department of State Police for inclusion in the annual Crime in Virginia report. This bill was incorporated into HB 1510.
Patron - Mathieson

F HB846

Department of State Police; variable housing allowance. Provides a housing allowance for full-time, sworn State Police officers, based upon pay grade and geographical location, from funds that are appropriated for such purpose. The rates of the variable allowance shall be based on suggested rates developed and annually updated by the Department of Human Resource Management.
Patron - Sherwood

F HB1157

Department of State Police; investigation of accidents involving state-owned vehicles. Clarifies that the Department of State Police does not have sole jurisdiction over the investigation of accidents involving state-owned vehicles.
Patron - Saxman

F SB410

Provision of care for former State Police dogs. Provides that from such funds as are appropriated, the Department of State Police would establish a program to make payments or reimbursements for the direct expenses for the provision of care to State Police dogs that have been removed from service. The direct expenses would include expenses for food, veterinary costs and veterinarian-prescribed medications, and surgical procedures.
Patron - Puckett

F SB682

F SB747

Special Commission on State Police Staffing. Establishes the Special Commission on the State Police Staffing to advise the Governor and the General Assembly on the adequate staffing level for the Department of State Police.
Patron - Stolle

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