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Bill Law-enforcement officers or jail officers; notice to Criminal Justice Services Board of misconduct. Decertification of law-enforcement officer. Requires any sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Criminal Justice Services Board in writing within 48 hours of becoming aware that any certified law-enforcement or jail officer currently employed by his agency has been terminated for engaging in misconduct, as set forth in the bill. The bill requires the Board to initiate decertification proceedings against any current or former law-enforcement or jail officer who has engaged in such activities. The bill also requires any sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Board and a civilian review panel, if one has been established, if any certified law-enforcement or jail officer currently employed by his agency has received three complaints of excessive use of force in the previous five years, and any recommendations made by the civilian review panel concerning such complaints shall be forwarded to the Board. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020specialI HB 5051 Virginia HB 5051 (2020specialI)
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Virginia HB 5051 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement officers or jail officers; notice to Criminal Justice Services Board of misconduct.

Decertification of law-enforcement officer. Requires any sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Criminal Justice Services Board in writing within 48 hours of becoming aware that any certified law-enforcement or jail officer currently employed by his agency has been terminated for engaging in misconduct, as set forth in the bill. The bill requires the Board to initiate decertification proceedings against any current or former law-enforcement or jail officer who has engaged in such activities. The bill also requires any sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Board and a civilian review panel, if one has been established, if any certified law-enforcement or jail officer currently employed by his agency has received three complaints of excessive use of force in the previous five years, and any recommendations made by the civilian review panel concerning such complaints shall be forwarded to the Board.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0027) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5051ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House as amended HB5051E (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (HB5051) (committee substitute) — source
  5. Impact statement from DPB (HB5051S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Public Safety with amendments (16-Y 6-N) — 166 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 16-N) — 7816 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 160 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 7-N) — 317 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N) — 5641 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 2-N) — 102 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) — 148 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

  • 2020-08-17 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200474D introduction
  • 2020-08-17 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2020-08-25 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-08-25 Reported from Public Safety with amendments (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-08-25 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-08-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB5051)
  • 2020-08-31 Reported from Appropriations (14-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 amendments agreed to
  • 2020-09-03 Engrossed by House as amended HB5051E
  • 2020-09-03 Printed as engrossed 20200474D-E
  • 2020-09-04 Read third time and passed House (57-Y 41-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-09-04 VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N)
  • 2020-09-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-09-09 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-09-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB5051E)
  • 2020-09-16 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-09-16 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 2-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-09-16 Committee substitute printed 20201183D-S1 substitution
  • 2020-09-16 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-09-24 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-09-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB5051S1)
  • 2020-09-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-10-01 Passed by temporarily
  • 2020-10-01 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-10-01 Passed by for the day
  • 2020-10-02 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-10-02 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2020-10-02 Committee substitute agreed to 20201183D-S1
  • 2020-10-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5051S1
  • 2020-10-02 Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 7-N) passage
  • 2020-10-07 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-10-07 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201183D-S1 (79-Y 16-N)
  • 2020-10-07 VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 16-N)
  • 2020-10-14 Enrolled
  • 2020-10-14 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-10-14 Signed by President
  • 2020-10-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB5051ER)
  • 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 27 (effective 3/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c42a7c3-3cac-42e8-b5e3-c5183120b5c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).