Criminal Justice Services
Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. [HB-859]
Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Authorizes the Department of Criminal Justice Services to register and issue licenses for human trafficking investigators. The bill provides that a human trafficking investigator is a private investigator who is GSA compliant and engages in the business of, or accepts employment to make, investigations to obtain information on sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking as defined in the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and in the federal
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Left In Public Safety on 11/18/2024
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Incarcerated women who are pregnant, etc.; DCJS, et al., to make recommendations for treatment. [SB-603]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; priority treatment for incarcerated women who are pregnant and in need of substance abuse treatment; work group; report. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Department of Health, to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to study and make recommendations related to prioritizing treatment for incarcerated women who are pregnant and in need of substance abuse treatment. The bill requires the
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McGuire
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0625) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Law-enforcement training; communication with individuals with autism spectrum disorder. [HB-1246]
Law-enforcement training; individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish compulsory minimum and in-service training standards for law-enforcement officers on communicating with individuals with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability, such as autism spectrum disorder, which shall include (i) an overview and behavioral recognition of autism spectrum disorder, (ii) best practices for crisis prevention and de-escalation techniques, (iii) an objective review of any relevant
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alfonso Lopez
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0742) on 04/08/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Charitable bail organizations; certification and regulation by DCJS. [HB-846]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; certification and regulation of charitable bail organizations. Provides for certification and regulation by the Department of Criminal Justice Services of charitable bail organizations, defined in the bill as any entity or nonprofit organization that exists for the purpose of providing or posting bond for another person and does not include a person that pays bail for (i) three or fewer defendants in any 180-day period or (ii) a defendant's family or household member.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wren Williams
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. [HB-859]
Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Authorizes the Department of Criminal Justice Services to register and issue licenses for human trafficking investigators. The bill provides that a human trafficking investigator is a private investigator who is GSA compliant and engages in the business of, or accepts employment to make, investigations to obtain information on sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking as defined in the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and in the federal
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Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Continued To 2025 In Public Safety By Voice Vote on 02/09/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Substantial Risk Order Training Program; Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish. [HB-637]
Substantial risk orders; training program. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a Substantial Risk Order Training Program for the purposes of training law-enforcement agencies and other public institutions throughout the Commonwealth to use and implement the substantial risk order law. The bill states that the programming shall provide training regarding proper procedures to follow, the circumstances under which the law can be used, the benefits to public safety from proper use of the law, and the harm that may ensue
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Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Civilian deaths in custody; report. [HB-611]
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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0813) on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Civilian deaths in custody; report. [HB-423]
Civilian deaths in custody; report. Requires every law-enforcement agency and correctional facility to report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services 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 correctional facility that fails to comply may, at the discretion of the Department, be declared
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Sponsored by: Rep. Delores McQuinn
Incorporated By Public Safety on 02/02/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Criminal justice agencies; audiovisual surveillance technologies. [HB-251]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; criminal justice Department of Criminal Justice Services; criminal justice agencies; audiovisual surveillance technologies. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall have the power and duty to establish a comprehensive framework for the use of audiovisual surveillance technologies as defined in the bill, including license plate reader systems, by criminal justice agencies within the Commonwealth. The comprehensive framework shall include (i) developing policies and procedures that ensure
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Glass
Left In Communications, Technology And Innovation on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Law-enforcement agencies; use of generative artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. [HB-249]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; law-enforcement agencies; use of generative artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall have the power and duty to establish a comprehensive framework for the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning systems, both defined in the bill, by law-enforcement agencies, which shall include (i) developing policies and procedures for the use of generative AI and machine learning systems in law-enforcement activities;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Glass
Left In Communications, Technology And Innovation on 02/13/2024
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Virginia 2024 Regular Session
Law-enforcement officers; interrogation practices. [HB-250]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; law-enforcement officers; interrogation practices. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall have the power and duty to establish a comprehensive framework for the custodial and noncustodial interrogation of adults and juveniles by law-enforcement officers within the Commonwealth, which shall include (i) developing policies and procedures for interrogation practices, including guidance on when the use of the following is considered lawful: (a) false promises of leniency, (b) misleading
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jackie Glass
House Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Va. Retirement System & DCJS; return to work for retired law-enforcement officers. [SB-1411]
Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers; report. Directs the Virginia Retirement System and the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, to analyze and report on options for allowing law enforcement officers to return to work as law-enforcement officers after retirement and continue to receive their retirement benefits. Virginia Retirement System; return to work for law-enforcement officers; report. Directs the Virginia Retirement System and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0722) on 03/27/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Criminal Justice Services, Department of; powers and duties, training for law-enforcement personnel. [HB-2250]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; powers and duties; training for law-enforcement personnel. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services, under the direction of the Criminal Justice Services Board, to establish training standards and publish a model policy for the identification of, communication with, and facilitation of the safe return of individuals diagnosed with dementia by law-enforcement personnel. Under current law, such training standards and model policies are focused solely on individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0331) on 03/23/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Sex trafficked youth; DCJS to administer two-year pilot program to provide safe harbor for youth. [SB-1292]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; two-year pilot program; safe harbor for sex trafficked youth. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Virginia State Crime Commission, shall identify a suitable locality to administer a two-year Demand Reduction and Safe Harbor for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficked Youth pilot program that focuses on (i) implementing proactive reverse sting operations that target buyers of sex services, (ii) utilizing a multidisciplinary response team to coordinate assessment and treatment
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0556) on 03/26/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Sex trafficked youth; DCJS to administer two-year pilot program to provide safe harbor for youth. [HB-2131]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; two-year pilot program; safe harbor for sex trafficked youth. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in partnership with the State Crime Commission, shall administer a two-year Demand Reduction and Safe Harbor for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficked Youth pilot program that shall focus on (i) implementing proactive reverse sting operations that target buyers of sex services and (ii) establishing programs and protocols to aid victims of sex trafficking. The bill provides that the goal of the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Appropriations on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2023 Regular Session
Civilian deaths in custody; report. [HB-1654]
Civilian deaths in custody; report. Requires every law-enforcement agency and correctional facility to report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services 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 correctional facility that fails to comply may, at the discretion of the Department, be declared
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Public Safety on 02/07/2023
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Civilian deaths in custody; report. [HB-801]
Civilian deaths in custody; report. Requires every law-enforcement agency and correctional facility to report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services 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 correctional facility that fails to comply may, at the discretion of the Department, be declared
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marcia Price
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Drug-related investigations; use of confidential informants. [HB-428]
Use of confidential informants in drug-related investigations. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a model policy for the use of confidential informants in drug-related investigations and to include in such model policy that (i) no individual currently on probation may serve as a confidential informant without notice to his probation or parole officer, (ii) no individual who has recently violated the terms of his probation or parole shall serve as a confidential informant, (iii) law-enforcement personnel shall obtain
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Early Identification System (EIS); DCJS to establish. [HB-611]
Conduct of law-enforcement officers; establishment of an Early Identification System. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) to establish a best practices model for the implementation, training, and management of an Early Identification System (EIS). The bill defines an EIS as a system through which a law-enforcement agency collects and manages data to identify and assess patterns of behavior, including misconduct and high-risk behavior, or performance of law-enforcement officers and law-enforcement agency employees.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Tabled In Public Safety (11-y 10-n) on 02/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Hotels; human trafficking training. [HB-258]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; hotels; human trafficking training. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services, under the direction of the Criminal Justice Services Board, to develop an online course to train hotel proprietors and their employees, as defined in the bill, to recognize and report instances of suspected human trafficking. The bill provides that such online course shall be provided at no cost to the hotel proprietors and their employees. The bill requires that every hotel proprietor require its employees to complete
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0751) on 04/27/2022