VA HB161 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Vetoed on March 20 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Status: Vetoed on March 20 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Summary
Arrest, prosecution, and disciplinary or administrative procedures and penalties for individuals experiencing or reporting overdoses while incarcerated. Provides that no individual incarcerated in a local, regional, or state correctional facility shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for or disciplinary or administrative procedures or penalties related to the unlawful purchase, possession, or consumption of alcohol; possession of a controlled substance; possession of marijuana; procurement, sale, secretion, or possession of any chemical compound not lawfully received; intoxication in public; or possession of controlled paraphernalia if such individual seeks or obtains emergency medical attention for himself or another individual experiencing an overdose or is experiencing an overdose and another individual seeks or obtains emergency medical attention for him. The bill also provides that no correctional officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer acting in good faith shall be found liable for false arrest if it is later determined that the person arrested was immune from prosecution or disciplinary procedures or penalties. Arrest, prosecution, and disciplinary or administrative procedures and penalties for individuals experiencing or reporting overdoses while incarcerated. Provides that no individual incarcerated in a local, regional, or state correctional facility shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for or disciplinary or administrative procedures or penalties related to the unlawful purchase, possession, or consumption of alcohol; possession of a controlled substance; possession of marijuana; procurement, sale, secretion, or possession of any chemical compound not lawfully received; intoxication in public; or possession of controlled paraphernalia if such individual seeks or obtains emergency medical attention for himself or another individual experiencing an overdose or is experiencing an overdose and another individual seeks or obtains emergency medical attention for him. The bill also provides that no correctional officer, deputy sheriff, or jail officer acting in good faith shall be found liable for false arrest if it is later determined that the person arrested was immune from prosecution or disciplinary procedures or penalties.
Title
Individuals experiencing or reporting overdoses while incarcerated; disciplinary procedures.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) (Y: 21 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (63-Y 34-N) (Y: 63 N: 34 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-02 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (63-Y 34-N) (Y: 63 N: 34 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-02 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-17 | House | House sustained Governor's veto |
| 2024-03-20 | Governor: Vetoed by Governor | |
| 2024-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-11 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-03-04 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-03-04 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB161ER) |
| 2024-03-04 | House | Enrolled |
| 2024-02-27 | Senate | Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) |
| 2024-02-27 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2024-02-26 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2024-02-23 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-21 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) |
| 2024-02-09 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-02-09 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2024-02-08 | House | VOTE: Passage (63-Y 34-N) |
| 2024-02-08 | House | Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N) |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB161H1 |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 24106108D-H1 |
| 2024-02-07 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-02-06 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-02 | House | Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) |
| 2024-01-26 | House | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2024-01-26 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N) |
| 2024-01-26 | House | Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety |
| 2024-01-26 | House | Committee substitute printed 24106108D-H1 |
| 2024-01-24 | House | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2024-01-24 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) |
| 2024-01-23 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
| 2024-01-02 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-01-02 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100848D |
