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type: "Bill"
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title: "Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition."
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description: "Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition. Prohibits (i) any agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers; (ii) any sheriff; (iii) any police force; or (iv) the Department of State Police from establishing a formal or informal quota that requires a law-enforcement officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time. The bill also provides that the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a law-enforcement officer shall not be used as the sole criterion for evaluating the law-enforcement officer's job performance. This bill is identical to HB 750."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 327"
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citation: "Virginia SB 327 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd53386b-4efc-4bfc-ab2d-7c9d97ecd5be"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB327"
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source_hash: "61bb13f3c8513434c869291919e4a46e457421b986ff26f1454d3e417ca216d2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 327 (2022) — Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition.
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Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition. Prohibits (i) any agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers; (ii) any sheriff; (iii) any police force; or (iv) the Department of State Police from establishing a formal or informal quota that requires a law-enforcement officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time. The bill also provides that the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a law-enforcement officer shall not be used as the sole criterion for evaluating the law-enforcement officer's job performance. This bill is identical to HB 750.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0209)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103905D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB327)
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3. **Printed as engrossed 22103905D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB327E)
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4. **SB327ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB327ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103905D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-24** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-27** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2022-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2022-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB327E
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- **2022-01-27** Printed as engrossed 22103905D-E
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- **2022-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB327E)
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- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-25** Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-02** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage`
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- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
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- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB327ER)
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd53386b-4efc-4bfc-ab2d-7c9d97ecd5be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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