Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1401
Legislation Overview
Title: Community Policing Act; repeals Act.
Subject: Commonwealth Public Safety: Counties Cities and Towns: Law-Enforcement Officers: Police State
Description: Community Policing Act; repeal. Repeals the Community Policing Act that, under current law, prohibits law-enforcement officers and State Police officers from engaging in bias-based profiling in the performance of their official duties. The bill also repeals the provisions requiring the State Police to create the Community Policing Reporting Database into which sheriffs, police forces, and State Police officers report certain data pertaining to, among other law-enforcement activities, investigatory motor vehicle stops.
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Last Action: Failed to report and refer to Appropriations (defeated) in General Laws (9-Y 13-N)
Last Action Date: February 2, 2023
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Marie March (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 2, 2023 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 2, 2023 | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
| House | Feb 2, 2023 | Failed to report and refer to Appropriations (defeated) in General Laws (9-Y 13-N) |
| House | Jan 30, 2023 | Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Nov 30, 2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100124D |
| House | Nov 30, 2022 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Nov 30, 2022 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) | 02/2/2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Yes |
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| House: Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws (9-Y 13-N) | 02/2/2023 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | No |
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Link: link to state bill page
