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SB695

Virginia Crime Commission; surveillance technology, report.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Mark Peake (R)

Session:
2024 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Virginia Crime Commission; surveillance technology; report.

Adds to the powers and duties of the Virginia Crime Commission (the Commission) the power to conduct an annual study on surveillance technology, defined in the bill, utilized by local and state law-enforcement agencies throughout the Commonwealth, including (i) the technology's potential impact on privacy rights and civil liberties, with particular attention to potential disparate impacts on different communities and populations; (ii) the technology's effectiveness for law or regulatory enforcement purposes, and the likelihood that evidence collected through such technology will be considered inadmissible in a court of competent jurisdiction; (iii) the potential for the misuse of the technology or any data that is collected through the use of such technology and safeguards to prevent such misuse; (iv) existing laws and regulations governing the technology and whether additional legislation is necessary to regulate its use; and (v) any recommendation as to whether technology utilized by a locality should be implemented throughout the Commonwealth. The bill provides that the Commission shall submit a report of its findings to the Chairmen of the House Committee for Courts of Justice, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, and the Governor within six months of beginning the study and shall make such report available to the public on the website of the Commission. (Less)
  • Bill History

  • 01/19/2024 - Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24104136D
  • 01/19/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
  • 01/25/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB695)
  • 01/26/2024 - Senate: Rereferred from Rules (15-Y 0-N)
  • 01/26/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
  • 02/12/2024 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107681D-S1
  • 02/13/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/13/2024 - Senate: Read second time
  • 02/13/2024 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/13/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected 24107681D-S1
  • 02/13/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate
  • 02/13/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/13/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/16/2024 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/16/2024 - House: Read first time
  • 02/16/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Rules
  • 02/19/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB695S1)
  • 02/22/2024 - House: Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee
  • 02/23/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 02/23/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  • 02/23/2024 - House: Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N)
  • 02/23/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  • 02/28/2024 - House: Tabled in Appropriations (18-Y 4-N)