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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law-enforcement; Attorney Gen. authorized to file civil suit or inquire into any unlawful practice."
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description: "Law-enforcement misconduct. Authorizes the Attorney General to file a civil suit or inquire into or seek to conciliate, through the Division of Human Rights, any unlawful pattern and practice against the Commonwealth or a locality whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that law-enforcement officers of any agency of the Commonwealth or any locality are engaging in a pattern or practice that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the laws of the United States and the Commonwealth. The bill also empowers the Attorney General to issue a civil investigative demand if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that an unlawful pattern and practice violation has occurred. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to enter into a conciliation agreement with a locality to resolve an unlawful pattern and practice, and provides that such agreement may include a court-enforceable deprivation of certain local funds if the locality fails to abide by the agreement. This bill is identical to HB 5072."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020specialI"
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identifier: "SB 5024"
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citation: "Virginia SB 5024 (2020specialI)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-08-13"
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last_action: "2020-10-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4d28d85-42ee-4272-a69f-ddef959f66d1"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5024"
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source_hash: "39d4b4a33e5e5e9bf42c696ee51b944a34d908a9e9d2e817659094a52a293c5c"
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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 5024 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement; Attorney Gen. authorized to file civil suit or inquire into any unlawful practice.
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Law-enforcement misconduct. Authorizes the Attorney General to file a civil suit or inquire into or seek to conciliate, through the Division of Human Rights, any unlawful pattern and practice against the Commonwealth or a locality whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that law-enforcement officers of any agency of the Commonwealth or any locality are engaging in a pattern or practice that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the laws of the United States and the Commonwealth. The bill also empowers the Attorney General to issue a civil investigative demand if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that an unlawful pattern and practice violation has occurred. The bill authorizes the Attorney General to enter into a conciliation agreement with a locality to resolve an unlawful pattern and practice, and provides that such agreement may include a court-enforceable deprivation of certain local funds if the locality fails to abide by the agreement. This bill is identical to HB 5072.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0019)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5024ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5024ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB5024E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5024E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5024)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N) — **13–7** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) — **11–5** (pass) · upper
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-08-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200402D `introduction`
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- **2020-08-13** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-08-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB5024)
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- **2020-08-18** Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-08-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-09-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-09-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-09-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-09-09** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-09-09** Amendment by Senator Lucas agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2020-09-09** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB5024E
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- **2020-09-09** Printed as engrossed 20200402D-E
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- **2020-09-10** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-09-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB5024E)
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- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-09-22** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-09-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-09-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-09-25** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-09-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-10-02** Passed House (55-Y 42-N) `passage`
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- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N)
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- **2020-10-07** Enrolled
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- **2020-10-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB5024ER)
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- **2020-10-07** Signed by President
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- **2020-10-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-10-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 14, 2020
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- **2020-10-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 21, 2020
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- **2020-10-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 19 (effective 3/1/21) `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/c4d28d85-42ee-4272-a69f-ddef959f66d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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