Virginia House Bill 2051 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Custodial interrogations; false statements to a child prohibited; inauthentic replica documents prohibited. Prohibits law-enforcement officers from making false statements or materially misrepresenting any fact prior to or during a custodial interrogation of a child to secure the cooperation, confession, or conviction of such child. The bill also prohibits law-enforcement officers from using inauthentic replica documents during a custodial interrogation to secure a person's cooperation or confession or to secure a conviction. "Inauthentic replica document" is defined by the bill as any document generated by law-enforcement officers or their agents that (i) contains a false statement, signature, seal, letterhead, or contact information or (ii) materially misrepresents any fact.

Custodial interrogations; false statements to a child prohibited, inauthentic replica documents.

Del. Jackie Glass [D]

Del. Marcia Price [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101595D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	247.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	390.05	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2051
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2051+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2051F122+PDF