2022 Regular Session • Virginia Legislature
HB750: Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition.
Legislative Summary
Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition. Prohibits (i) any agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers, (ii) any sheriff, (iii) any police force, or (iv) the Department of State Police from establishing a formal or informal quota that requires a law-enforcement officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time. The bill also provides that the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a law-enforcement officer shall not be used as the sole criterion for evaluating the law-enforcement officer's job performance.
Bill History
1/11/2022
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102555D
House of Delegates
1/11/2022
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
House of Delegates
1/25/2022
Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
House of Delegates
1/27/2022
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
1/28/2022
Reported from Public Safety (19-Y 2-N)
House of Delegates
2/1/2022
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/2/2022
Read second time and engrossed
House of Delegates
2/3/2022
Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/3/2022
VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/4/2022
Constitutional reading dispensed
Senate
2/4/2022
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Senate
3/2/2022
Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
3/4/2022
Passed by for the day
Senate
3/7/2022
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
Senate
3/8/2022
Read third time
Senate
3/8/2022
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Senate
3/10/2022
Enrolled
House of Delegates
3/10/2022
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB750ER)
House of Delegates
3/10/2022
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
3/11/2022
Signed by President
Senate
3/22/2022
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
House of Delegates
3/22/2022
Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
4/8/2022
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 208 (effective 7/1/22)
4/8/2022
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0208)
Roll Call Votes
Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
3/8/2022
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
3/7/2022
38
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N)
3/2/2022
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2/3/2022
100
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Reported from Public Safety (19-Y 2-N)
1/28/2022
19
Yea
2
Nay
1
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
1/27/2022
8
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Passed(4/8/2022)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Republican: 1
Primary Sponsor
Robert Bell
Republican