Bill Text: VA SB1494 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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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-Enrolled.html

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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend and reenact §9.1-302 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; breach of procedures. [S 1494] Approved

 

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 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.