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| Bill | Law-enforcement officers, deputy sheriff, etc.; minimum qualifications, disclosure of information. | Minimum qualifications for law-enforcement officer, etc.; disclosure of information. Provides that any sheriff or chief of police, the director or chief executive of any agency or department employing deputy sheriffs or law-enforcement officers, and the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall disclose to a prospective law-enforcement or jail employer any information (i) related to an arrest or prosecution of a former police officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer, including expunged information; (ii) related to a civil suit regarding a former police officer's, deputy sheriff's, or jail officer's employment or performance of his duties; (iii) obtained during the course of any internal investigation related to a former police officer's, deputy sheriff's, or jail officer's alleged criminal conduct, use of excessive force, or other official misconduct in violation of the state professional standards of conduct; and (iv) related to a former police officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer's job performance that led to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer. The bill further provides that no police officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer may be employed by another law-enforcement agency or jail until the requested information is received from all prior employing agencies in the Commonwealth. The bill authorizes a hiring law-enforcement agency or jail to require a candidate for employment to undergo a psychological examination, subsequent to a conditional offer of employment, conducted under the supervision of a licensed psychiatrist or a licensed clinical psychologist. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish guidelines for such examinations. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020specialI | HB 5104 | Virginia HB 5104 (2020specialI) |
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enacted | 6 | 57 | 13 | 2020-08-20 | 2020-10-28 | openstates | ocd-bill/822f9394-c100-4479-a8df-5c381bca43d6 | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5104 | 1782bab441cc4cb1d2745a83d913d5a63414af8601983d87cbf3afb99cc589d2 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia HB 5104 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement officers, deputy sheriff, etc.; minimum qualifications, disclosure of information.
Minimum qualifications for law-enforcement officer, etc.; disclosure of information. Provides that any sheriff or chief of police, the director or chief executive of any agency or department employing deputy sheriffs or law-enforcement officers, and the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall disclose to a prospective law-enforcement or jail employer any information (i) related to an arrest or prosecution of a former police officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer, including expunged information; (ii) related to a civil suit regarding a former police officer's, deputy sheriff's, or jail officer's employment or performance of his duties; (iii) obtained during the course of any internal investigation related to a former police officer's, deputy sheriff's, or jail officer's alleged criminal conduct, use of excessive force, or other official misconduct in violation of the state professional standards of conduct; and (iv) related to a former police officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer's job performance that led to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer. The bill further provides that no police officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer may be employed by another law-enforcement agency or jail until the requested information is received from all prior employing agencies in the Commonwealth. The bill authorizes a hiring law-enforcement agency or jail to require a candidate for employment to undergo a psychological examination, subsequent to a conditional offer of employment, conducted under the supervision of a licensed psychiatrist or a licensed clinical psychologist. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish guidelines for such examinations.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0032) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5104ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB5104E (committee substitute) — source
- HB5104H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB5104S2 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB5104S1) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate insisted on substitute (24-Y 12-N) — 24–12 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 35-N) — 54–35 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety with amendments (13-Y 8-N) — 13–8 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 5-N) — 31–5 (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 5-N) — 31–5 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 2-N) — 10–2 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (29-Y 9-N 1-A) — 29–9 (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N) — 53–42 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N) — 0–95 (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-08-20 Presented and ordered printed 20200812D
introduction - 2020-08-20 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 (13-Y 8-N)
committee-passage - 2020-08-25 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-08-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB5104)
- 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 amendments agreed to
- 2020-09-03 Engrossed by House as amended HB5104E
- 2020-09-03 Printed as engrossed 20200812D-E
- 2020-09-04 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 42-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-09-04 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N)
- 2020-09-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-09-09 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-09-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB5104E)
- 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 20201187D-S1
substitution - 2020-09-16 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-09-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB5104S1)
- 2020-09-24 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-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 Floor substitute printed 20201292D-S2 (Locke)
- 2020-10-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-10-02 Substitute by Senator Locke withdrawn
- 2020-10-02 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-10-02 Committee substitute agreed to 20201187D-S1
- 2020-10-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5104S1
- 2020-10-02 Passed Senate with substitute (29-Y 9-N 1-A)
passage - 2020-10-07 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-10-07 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
- 2020-10-07 VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N)
- 2020-10-07 Senate insisted on substitute (24-Y 12-N)
- 2020-10-07 Senate requested conference committee
- 2020-10-07 House acceded to request
- 2020-10-07 Conferees appointed by House
- 2020-10-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2020-10-14 Amended by conference committee
- 2020-10-14 Conference substitute printed 20201368D-H1
- 2020-10-14 Passed by temporarily
- 2020-10-14 Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 35-N)
- 2020-10-14 VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 35-N)
- 2020-10-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 5-N)
- 2020-10-14 Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
- 2020-10-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 5-N)
- 2020-10-16 Enrolled
- 2020-10-16 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-10-16 Signed by President
- 2020-10-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB5104ER)
- 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 32 ((effective 3/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/822f9394-c100-4479-a8df-5c381bca43d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).