SB305
Custodial interrogations; recording by law-enforcement officer, etc.
Summary
As Introduced. Custodial interrogations; recording.
Provides that any law-enforcement officer shall, if practicable, make an audiovisual recording of any custodial interrogation of a person conducted in a place of detention. The bill provides that if an audiovisual recording is unable to be made, the law-enforcement officer shall make an audio recording of the custodial interrogation. ... (More) The bill provides that the failure of a law-enforcement officer to make such a recording shall not affect the admissibility of the statements made during the custodial interrogation, but the court or jury may consider such failure in determining the weight given to such evidence. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. This bill was incorporated in SB 305. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/05/2020 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100960D
- 01/05/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/08/2020 - Senate: Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- 02/05/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB305)
- 02/05/2020 - Senate: Incorporated by Judiciary (SB730-McClellan) (12-Y 0-N)
