Law-enforcement officer; duty to render aid, duty to report wrongdoing by another officer.
Summary
Law-enforcement officer; duty to render aid;duty to report wrongdoing by another law-enforcement officer. Requires any law-enforcement officer on duty who witnesses another personsuffering from a serious bodily injury or a life-threatening conditionto render aid and makes it a duty to report acts of wrongdoing, definedin the bill and including bias-based profiling, committed by anotherlaw-enforcement officer on duty. Any law-enforcement officer whofails to render such aid or report such wrongdoing committed by anotherlaw-enforcement officer shall be subject to disciplinary action,including dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer of the law-enforcementofficer. The bill also expands the definition of "bias-based profiling,"a practice banned for sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, other local law-enforcement officers, and State Police officers in the performance of their official duties, to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2021
Last action Feb 17, 2021
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 20, 2021
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
9
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (7-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments
upper
Feb 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Committee
Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
upper
Jan 21, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (57-Y 42-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 6-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2021
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
lower
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102665D
lower
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark H. Levine
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Clint Jenkins
DDemocratic
Co
Hala S. Ayala
DDemocratic
Co
JM
Joe Morrissey
DDemocratic
Co
Kathleen Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Kelly Fowler
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Plum
DDemocratic
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