Tony Wilt
- Republican
- Delegate
- District 34
Department of Corrections; designated employees with same power as sheriff or law-enforcement officer. Allows the Department of Corrections to designate employees to have the same power as a sheriff or a law-enforcement officer for the purpose of enforcing the criminal laws of the Commonwealth. Under current law, the Department can designate such employees with internal investigations authority to have such law-enforcement powers in the investigations of allegations of criminal behavior affecting the operations of the Department. Accordingly, the bill makes technical changes to additional sections that reference such designated employees such as in the definition of a law-enforcement officer used in various places throughout the Code and for the purposes of the Line of Duty Act, assault and battery of a law-enforcement officer, retired law-enforcement officers being able to carry a concealed handgun, and certain retired law-enforcement officers being able to purchase their service handgun or other weapon.
A BILL to amend and reenact ยงยง 9.1-101, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 9.1-400, 18.2-57, 18.2-308.016, 53.1-10, and 59.1-148.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Corrections; designated employees with same power as sheriff or law-enforcement officer.
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Left in Public Safety
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2363)
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N)
Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102099D
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
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