Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition.
Summary
Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition. Prohibits (i) any agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers, (ii) any sheriff, (iii) any police force, or (iv) the Department of State Police from establishing a formal or informal quota that requires a law-enforcement officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time. The bill also provides that the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a law-enforcement officer shall not be used as the sole criterion for evaluating the law-enforcement officer's job performance. This bill is identical to SB 327.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 8, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 7, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 3, 2022
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 33
Mar 7, 2022
D
Democratic17
88% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Apr 8, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 208 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-0-2)
senate
Mar 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (19-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2022
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102555D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Robert B. Bell
RRepublican
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