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Bill	Law-enforcement officers; prohibition on the use of neck restraints, exception, penalties.	Law-enforcement officers; prohibition on the use of neck restraints. Prohibits a law-enforcement officer from using a neck restraint in the performance of his official duties and provides for disciplinary sanctions on an officer who uses a neck restraint. The bill provides an exception from the prohibition if a neck restraint is immediately necessary to protect the officer or another person. The bill defines "neck restraint" as the use of any body part or object to attempt to control or disable a person by applying pressure against the neck, including the trachea or carotid artery, with the purpose, intent, or effect of controlling or restricting the person's movement or restricting the person's blood flow or breathing, including chokeholds, carotid restraints, and lateral vascular neck restraints.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020specialI	HB 5069	Virginia HB 5069 (2020specialI)	bill		enacted		5	48	12	2020-08-18	2020-10-28	openstates	ocd-bill/98eb4c6b-d414-4d93-9028-f234cc763b05	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5069	81f3c5e0325395f6d80f4037c79981b2e5e767aee608c2ceb3bcff71f2819a2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 5069 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement officers; prohibition on the use of neck restraints, exception, penalties.

Law-enforcement officers; prohibition on the use of neck restraints. Prohibits a law-enforcement officer from using a neck restraint in the performance of his official duties and provides for disciplinary sanctions on an officer who uses a neck restraint. The bill provides an exception from the prohibition if a neck restraint is immediately necessary to protect the officer or another person. The bill defines "neck restraint" as the use of any body part or object to attempt to control or disable a person by applying pressure against the neck, including the trachea or carotid artery, with the purpose, intent, or effect of controlling or restricting the person's movement or restricting the person's blood flow or breathing, including chokeholds, carotid restraints, and lateral vascular neck restraints.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0035) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5069ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB5069S1) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from VCSC (HB5069) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from VCSC (HB5069H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N) — 20–18 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 36-N) — 59–36 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — 54–43 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) — 11–5 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 7-N) — 13–7 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N) — 9–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2020-08-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200533D introduction
• 2020-08-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-08-19 Impact statement from VCSC (HB5069)
• 2020-08-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB5069)
• 2020-08-26 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-08-26 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2020-08-26 Committee substitute printed 20201037D-H1 substitution
• 2020-08-26 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-08-27 Impact statement from VCSC (HB5069H1)
• 2020-08-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB5069H1)
• 2020-08-31 Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-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 20201037D-H1
• 2020-09-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB5069H1
• 2020-09-04 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-09-04 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-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 (9-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-09-16 Committee substitute printed 20201185D-S1 substitution
• 2020-09-16 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-09-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB5069S1)
• 2020-09-24 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 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 20201185D-S1
• 2020-10-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5069S1
• 2020-10-02 Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 18-N) passage
• 2020-10-02 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-10-02 Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N) passage
• 2020-10-02 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-10-02 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) passage
• 2020-10-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-10-07 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201185D-S1 (60-Y 36-N)
• 2020-10-07 VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 36-N)
• 2020-10-14 Enrolled
• 2020-10-14 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-10-14 Signed by President
• 2020-10-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB5069ER)
• 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 35 (effective 3/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98eb4c6b-d414-4d93-9028-f234cc763b05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).