Virginia House Bill 819 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in General Laws
Pending: House General Laws Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to certain audio and video recordings. Requires the release of any audio or video recording or combination thereof made by a correctional officer, jail officer, or deputy sheriff of an individual imprisoned in a penal institution in the Commonwealth being subdued by the correctional officer, jail officer, or deputy sheriff in a manner that results in the death of the individual being subdued or rendering him unconscious. The bill defines "correctional officer," "jail officer," and "deputy sheriff." The requirement applies to any audio or video recording that exists on or after July 1, 2016, regardless of when the audio or video recording was made. The bill contains a technical amendment.

Virginia Freedom of Information Act; public access to certain audio and video recordings.

Del. James LeMunyon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in General Laws
2016-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-18	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
2016-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2016-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103656D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	3706	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB819
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB819+hil