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Bill Virginia Community Policing Act; data collection and reporting requirement. Community Policing Act; data collection and reporting requirement. Prohibits law-enforcement officers and State Police officers from engaging in bias-based profiling, defined in the bill, in the performance of their official duties. The bill directs the Department of State Police (the Department) to create the Community Policing Reporting Database into which sheriffs, police forces, and State Police officers report certain data pertaining to motor vehicle or investigatory stops. The Department is directed to provide access to the database to the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) for the purpose of analyzing motor vehicle and investigatory stops and records of complaints alleging the use of excessive force. The data analysis shall be used to determine the existence and prevalence of the practice of bias-based profiling and the prevalence of complaints alleging the use of excessive force. The bill requires that each time a local law-enforcement officer or State Police officer stops a driver of a motor vehicle the officer collect the following data based on the officer's observation or information provided to the officer by the driver: (i) the race, ethnicity, age, and gender of the person stopped; (ii) the reason for the stop; (iii) the location of the stop; (iv) whether a warning, written citation, or summons was issued or whether any persons were arrested; (v) if a warning, written citation, or summons was issued or an arrest was made, the warning provided, violation charged, or crime charged; and (vi) whether the vehicle or any person was searched. The bill requires each state and local law-enforcement agency to also collect and report to the State Police the number of complaints the agency receives alleging the use of excessive force. The bill also requires the Director of DCJS to annually report the findings and recommendations resulting from the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data from the Database to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Attorney General beginning July 1, 2021. The report shall include information regarding any state or local law-enforcement agency that has failed or refused to report the required data. A copy of the report shall be provided to each attorney for the Commonwealth of the county or city in which a reporting law-enforcement agency is located. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 1250 Virginia HB 1250 (2020)
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Virginia HB 1250 (2020) — Virginia Community Policing Act; data collection and reporting requirement.

Community Policing Act; data collection and reporting requirement. Prohibits law-enforcement officers and State Police officers from engaging in bias-based profiling, defined in the bill, in the performance of their official duties. The bill directs the Department of State Police (the Department) to create the Community Policing Reporting Database into which sheriffs, police forces, and State Police officers report certain data pertaining to motor vehicle or investigatory stops. The Department is directed to provide access to the database to the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) for the purpose of analyzing motor vehicle and investigatory stops and records of complaints alleging the use of excessive force. The data analysis shall be used to determine the existence and prevalence of the practice of bias-based profiling and the prevalence of complaints alleging the use of excessive force. The bill requires that each time a local law-enforcement officer or State Police officer stops a driver of a motor vehicle the officer collect the following data based on the officer's observation or information provided to the officer by the driver: (i) the race, ethnicity, age, and gender of the person stopped; (ii) the reason for the stop; (iii) the location of the stop; (iv) whether a warning, written citation, or summons was issued or whether any persons were arrested; (v) if a warning, written citation, or summons was issued or an arrest was made, the warning provided, violation charged, or crime charged; and (vi) whether the vehicle or any person was searched. The bill requires each state and local law-enforcement agency to also collect and report to the State Police the number of complaints the agency receives alleging the use of excessive force. The bill also requires the Director of DCJS to annually report the findings and recommendations resulting from the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data from the Database to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Attorney General beginning July 1, 2021. The report shall include information regarding any state or local law-enforcement agency that has failed or refused to report the required data. A copy of the report shall be provided to each attorney for the Commonwealth of the county or city in which a reporting law-enforcement agency is located.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1165) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1250ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB1250H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1250) (committee substitute) — source
  5. Impact statement from DPB (HB1250S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (62-Y 38-N) — 61–38 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 38-N) — 58–38 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (23-Y 16-N) — 23–16 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on amendment (31-Y 8-N) — 31–8 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 35-N) — 61–35 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 32-N) — 62–32 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N) — 0–97 (fail) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Luke E. Torian — primary (person)
  • Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
  • Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
  • Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102085D introduction
  • 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2020-01-15 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2020-01-25 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1250)
  • 2020-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1250)
  • 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
  • 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  • 2020-01-31 Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-31 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-01-31 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2020-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-07 Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 38-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (62-Y 38-N)
  • 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-02-24 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-24 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-24 Committee substitute printed 20108864D-S1 substitution
  • 2020-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1250S1)
  • 2020-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-05 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-03-05 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2020-03-05 Committee substitute agreed to 20108864D-S1
  • 2020-03-05 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2020-03-05 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2020-03-05 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2020-03-05 Amendment by Senator Reeves agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2020-03-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB1250S1
  • 2020-03-05 Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (23-Y 16-N) passage
  • 2020-03-05 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108864D-S1 (59-Y 38-N)
  • 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 38-N)
  • 2020-03-05 Senate amendment #1 from Finance and Appropriations rejected by House (0-Y 98-N)
  • 2020-03-05 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N)
  • 2020-03-05 Senate floor amendment by Senator Reeves agreed to by House (63-Y 32-N)
  • 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 32-N)
  • 2020-03-05 Senate insisted on amendment (31-Y 8-N)
  • 2020-03-05 Senate requested conference committee
  • 2020-03-05 House acceded to request
  • 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
  • 2020-03-07 Conference substitute printed 20109876D-H1
  • 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N)
  • 2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 35-N)
  • 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
  • 2020-03-18 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-18 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB1250ER)
  • 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
  • 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1165 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54c20032-b2c8-4bef-8eac-c2efe2f1a06d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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