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| Bill | Civilian deaths in custody; report. | Civilian deaths in custody; report. Requires every law-enforcement agency and state or juvenile correctional facility to report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services and every local or regional adult correctional facility to report to the State Board of Local and Regional Jails certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, under arrest or in the process of being arrested, en route to be incarcerated, incarcerated, or otherwise in the custody of such law-enforcement agency or correctional facility. The bill provides that any law-enforcement agency or state or juvenile correctional facility that fails to comply may, at the discretion of the Department, be declared ineligible for state grants or funds. The bill also requires the Department and the Board to analyze the submitted data to determine the means by which such information can be used to reduce the number of such deaths. The bill requires the Director of the Department and the Board to each annually report the findings and recommendations resulting from the analysis and interpretation of the data to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Attorney General beginning on or before July 1, 2025, and each July 1 thereafter. The bill also provides that upon request, the Board shall provide the submitted data to the Department to meet federal reporting requirements. This bill incorporates HB 423. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 611 | Virginia HB 611 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 611 (2024) — Civilian deaths in custody; report.
Civilian deaths in custody; report. Requires every law-enforcement agency and state or juvenile correctional facility to report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services and every local or regional adult correctional facility to report to the State Board of Local and Regional Jails certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, under arrest or in the process of being arrested, en route to be incarcerated, incarcerated, or otherwise in the custody of such law-enforcement agency or correctional facility. The bill provides that any law-enforcement agency or state or juvenile correctional facility that fails to comply may, at the discretion of the Department, be declared ineligible for state grants or funds. The bill also requires the Department and the Board to analyze the submitted data to determine the means by which such information can be used to reduce the number of such deaths. The bill requires the Director of the Department and the Board to each annually report the findings and recommendations resulting from the analysis and interpretation of the data to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Attorney General beginning on or before July 1, 2025, and each July 1 thereafter. The bill also provides that upon request, the Board shall provide the submitted data to the Department to meet federal reporting requirements. This bill incorporates HB 423.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0813 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24106839D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24108674D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Governor's substitute printed 24109250D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
- HB611ER (committee substitute) — source
- HB611ER2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 4-N) — 93–4 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 5-N) — 93–5 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N) — 4–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100870D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2024-01-16 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
referral-committee - 2024-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB611)
- 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
substitution - 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-02 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-02 Committee substitute printed 24106839D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-02 Incorporates HB423 (McQuinn)
- 2024-02-02 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-02 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
referral-committee - 2024-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB611H1)
- 2024-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 2024-02-07 Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24106839D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB611H1
substitution - 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 5-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (94-Y 5-N)
passage - 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2024-02-21 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-21 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-28 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-29 Committee substitute printed 24108674D-S1
substitution - 2024-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB611S1)
- 2024-03-05 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-05 Reading of substitute waived
- 2024-03-05 Committee substitute agreed to 24108674D-S1
substitution - 2024-03-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB611S1
substitution - 2024-03-05 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-03-06 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108674D-S1 (94-Y 4-N)
substitution - 2024-03-06 VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 4-N)
- 2024-03-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB611ER)
passage - 2024-03-25 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB611ER)
- 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by House
executive-veto-line-item - 2024-04-08 Governor's substitute printed 24109250D-H2
- 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
- 2024-04-17 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted
executive-signature - 2024-04-17 Reenrolled
enrolled - 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (HB611ER2)
enrolled - 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 813 (effective 7/1/24)
became-law - 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0813)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/faa13c70-278c-44eb-9100-c3a977593d54. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).