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Bill

Law-enforcement officer; failure to intervene in an unlawful use of excessive force, penalties.

Law-enforcement officer; failure to intervene in an excessive use of force; penalties. Requires that any law-enforcement officer who witnesses another law-enforcement officer, in the performance of his official duties, engaging or attempting to engage in the use of excessive force, defined in the bill, against another person shall intervene, when such intervention is objectively reasonable and possible, to end the use of excessive force or attempted use of excessive force, or to prevent the further use of excessive force. The bill also requires a law-enforcement officer to render aid, as circumstances objectively permit, to any person injured as the result of such use of excessive force. The bill states that the knowing failure to intervene in the use of nondeadly excessive force is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor and the knowing failure to intervene in the use of excessive force that is deadly force is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill punishes the knowing failure to intervene in the use of excessive force that leads to death or if the victim is thereby severely injured and is caused to suffer permanent and significant physical impairment as a Class 4 felony.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020specialI

HB 5029

Virginia HB 5029 (2020specialI)

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2020-08-17

2020-10-28

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ocd-bill/1687b601-b455-40f6-b4e5-6e4e92b89fa4

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5029

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2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia HB 5029 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement officer; failure to intervene in an unlawful use of excessive force, penalties.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5029ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5029S2 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB5029S1) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (HB5029) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (HB5029H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N) — 21–17 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 17-N) — 20–17 (pass) · upper
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N) — 13–8 (pass) · lower
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) — 12–4 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 39-N) — 56–39 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) — 54–42 (pass) · lower
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 5-N) — 8–5 (pass) · upper
Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) — 13–8 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-08-17 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200388D introduction
2020-08-17 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
2020-08-18 Impact statement from VCSC (HB5029)
2020-08-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB5029)
2020-08-26 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-08-26 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N) committee-passage
2020-08-26 Committee substitute printed 20201020D-H1 substitution
2020-08-26 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
2020-08-27 Impact statement from VCSC (HB5029H1)
2020-08-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB5029H1)
2020-08-31 Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) committee-passage
2020-09-02 Read first time reading-1
2020-09-03 Read second time reading-2
2020-09-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20201020D-H1
2020-09-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5029H1
2020-09-04 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 42-N) passage, reading-3
2020-09-04 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N)
2020-09-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-09-09 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-09-16 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-09-16 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 5-N) committee-passage
2020-09-16 Committee substitute printed 20201180D-S1 substitution
2020-09-16 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-09-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB5029S1)
2020-09-24 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) committee-passage
2020-09-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2020-10-01 Passed by temporarily
2020-10-01 Passed by for the day
2020-10-02 Floor substitute printed 20201297D-S2 (Locke)
2020-10-02 Read third time reading-3
2020-10-02 Committee substitute rejected
2020-10-02 Reading of substitute waived
2020-10-02 Substitute by Senator Locke agreed to
2020-10-02 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5029S2
2020-10-02 Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 17-N) passage
2020-10-02 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2020-10-02 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N) passage
2020-10-07 Placed on Calendar
2020-10-07 Passed by temporarily
2020-10-07 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201297D-S2 (57-Y 39-N)
2020-10-07 VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 39-N)
2020-10-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB5029S2)
2020-10-14 Enrolled
2020-10-14 Signed by Speaker
2020-10-14 Signed by President
2020-10-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB5029ER)
2020-10-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
2020-10-21 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
2020-10-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (effective 3/1/21) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1687b601-b455-40f6-b4e5-6e4e92b89fa4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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