Law-enforcement agencies; acquisition and use of military property.
Summary
Acquisition and use of military property by law-enforcement agencies. Provides that no state or local law-enforcement agency shall acquire or purchase (i) weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles; (ii) aircraft that are configured for combat or are combat-coded and have no established commercial flight application; (iii) grenades or similar explosives or grenade launchers from a surplus program operated by the federal government; (iv) armored multi-wheeled vehicles that are mine-resistant, ambush-protected, and configured for combat from a surplus program operated by the federal government; (v) bayonets; (vi) firearms of .50 caliber or higher; (vii) ammunition of .50 caliber or higher; or (viii) weaponized tracked armored vehicles. These provisions do not apply to the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force. The bill prohibits the use of such military property by a law-enforcement officer unless a waiver has been granted by the Criminal Justice Services Board. The bill prohibits the use of kinetic impact munitions unless their use is necessary to protect a law-enforcement officer or another person from bodily injury. "Kinetic impact munitions" includes impact rounds and baton rounds, such as rubber batons, bean bag rounds, foam baton rounds, and plastic, wax, wood, or rubber-coated projectiles. The bill directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) to establish training standards for law enforcement on the use of kinetic impact munitions and tear gas. The bill directs the Department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2020
Committee Review
Oct 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Sep 2020
Senate Passage
Oct 2020
Signed into Law
Nov 2020
Introduced Aug 17, 2020
Signed Nov 18, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Oct 14, 2020 · House of Delegates Sep 10, 2020
How they voted
21–17
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Oct 14, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
69
Key actions
23
Committee
19
Amendments
2
Nov 18, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 55 (effective 3/1/21)
executive
Oct 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
upper
Oct 14, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Oct 14, 2020
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 42-N)
lower
Oct 13, 2020
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Oct 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Oct 7, 2020
Introduced
Senate insisted on amendment (27-Y 9-N)
upper
Oct 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Oct 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5049S1
upper
Oct 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20201182D-S1
upper
Oct 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Oct 1, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Oct 1, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Sep 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N)
upper
Sep 16, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Sep 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N)
upper
Sep 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Sep 15, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Sep 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (54-Y 42-N)
lower
Sep 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by until after Resolutions Regular Calendar
lower
Sep 9, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5049H1
lower
Sep 9, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20201002D-H1
lower
Sep 9, 2020
Amended
Amendment by Delegate Helmer withdrawn
lower
Sep 8, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Sep 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Aug 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Aug 25, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Aug 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 8-N)
lower
Aug 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Aug 17, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200730D
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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