Law-enforcement jurisdiction; Frederick County Sheriff's Dept. jurisdiction in/upon certain bldgs.
Summary
Law-enforcement jurisdiction; Frederick County. Provides that the Frederick County Sheriff's Department shall have, concurrently with the City of Winchester Police Department, jurisdiction to arrest perpetrators of all offenses committed in or upon the premises, buildings, rooms, or offices of the Joint Judicial Center or any other building located in the City of Winchester that is owned or occupied by Frederick County. Current law provides such jurisdiction only at the Joint Judicial Center located in the City of Winchester.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Dec 23, 2024
Signed Mar 18, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was finalized and assigned Chapter 2 in the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The primary change is the addition of an approval date (March 18, 2025), while the substantive text regarding law-enforcement jurisdiction in Frederick County remains unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability are unchanged; only the legislative metadata was updated.
TECHNICAL
Added the specific approval date of March 18, 2025, to the header.
Removed the generic 'Approved' placeholder text.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 23, 2025
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Feb 7, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Mar 18, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 2 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1568ER)
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 12, 2025
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Dec 23, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Wiley
RRepublican
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