Bill Text: VA HB1275 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Magistrates; complaint made by complainant, the written complaint shall be returned to complainant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204) [HB1275 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB1275-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1275 Offered January 20, 2016 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-9.2, relating to copies of statements to law-enforcement officers or magistrates. ---------- Patron-- Fariss ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 19.2-9.2 as follows:

§19.2-9.2. Copies of statements to law-enforcement officers or magistrates.

Any person who provides a written statement or who makes an oral statement that is reduced to writing and signed by such person to any law-enforcement officer as defined in §9.1-101 or magistrate shall, upon request, be given a copy of the statement no later than three business days from the date of such request.