Bill Text: VA SB1494 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; breach of procedures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0841) [SB1494 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-SB1494-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §9.1-302 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§9.1-302. Breach of procedures.
Any breach of the procedures required by this chapter shall
not exclude any evidence from being presented Evidence gathered through
the conduct of an interrogation that violates the provisions of this chapter
shall not be admissible in any case administrative hearing
against a firefighter or individual who meets the definition of "emergency
medical services personnel" in §32.1-111.1 and shall not cause any
charge to be dismissed unless the firefighter or emergency medical services
personnel demonstrates that the breach prejudiced his case.
