VA SB169 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-15 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 20 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-15 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Issuance of warrants by magistrates. Provides that a magistrate may not issue an arrest warrant for a misdemeanor offense where the accused is a law-enforcement officer and the alleged offense arises out of the performance of his public duties upon the basis of a complaint by a person other than a law-enforcement officer or an animal control officer without prior authorization by the attorney for the Commonwealth or by a law-enforcement agency. The bill provides for the appointment of an attorney for the Commonwealth from outside the jurisdiction if a conflict of interest exists for the attorney for the Commonwealth having jurisdiction.
Title
Warrants; issuance for law-enforcement officers by a magistrate.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2020-01-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-15 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) |
| 2020-01-08 | Senate | Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name |
| 2019-12-20 | Senate | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| 2019-12-20 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101140D |
