SB207
Law-enforcement officers, certain; universal certification, necessary training.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Universal certification for certain law-enforcement officers.
Provides that any sworn law-enforcement officer with at least one year of experience (i) whose training qualifications meet or exceed current training standards established by the Board of Criminal Justice Services and who is in compliance with the minimum qualifications, (ii) who has not had a break in service of ... (More) more than 24 months, and (iii) who is leaving the transferring agency in good standing with no pending investigations or disciplinary actions shall be eligible for employment at any law-enforcement agency within the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions. Prior to any conditional offer of employment, the bill requires the hiring law-enforcement agency to request certain specified information from all prior law-enforcement agencies and to employ all reasonable means to obtain personnel records for law-enforcement officers transferring from an out-of-state or federal law-enforcement agency. The bill requires that upon the receipt of all requested information by the hiring law-enforcement agency, the applicant law-enforcement officer shall complete a sworn declaration that the provided information or records are, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, a true, correct, and complete response to such request. This bill is identical to HB 1022. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2024 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103540D
- 01/08/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/2024 - Senate: Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
- 01/22/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB207)
- 01/24/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/24/2024 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106122D-S1
- 01/26/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2024 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/2024 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/29/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24106122D-S1
- 01/29/2024 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/30/2024 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/2024 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 24106602D-S2 (Surovell)
- 01/30/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute reconsidered (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected 24106122D-S1
- 01/30/2024 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/30/2024 - Senate: Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to 24106602D-S2
- 01/30/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB207S2
- 01/31/2024 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB207S2)
- 02/13/2024 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/13/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/23/2024 - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24108223D-H1
- 02/23/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB207H1)
- 02/27/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/28/2024 - House: Read third time
- 02/28/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24108223D-H1
- 02/28/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB207H1
- 02/28/2024 - House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/2024 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/2024 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 03/04/2024 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/04/2024 - House: House requested conference committee
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Senators: Surovell, Boysko, Diggs
- 03/06/2024 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/06/2024 - House: Delegates: Sullivan, Clark, Wilt
- 03/08/2024 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/08/2024 - Senate: Conference substitute printed 24109136D-S3
- 03/09/2024 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/2024 - House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/2024 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB207S3)
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB207ER)
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/2024 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/05/2024 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 581 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/05/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0581)
- 04/08/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB207ER)
