Thomas Norment, Jr. voted Nay (Conference Report Vote) on this Legislation.
Title: Requires Releasing Records From Closed Criminal Investigations
Signed by Governor Ralph Northam
Title: Requires Releasing Records From Closed Criminal Investigations
Title: Requires Releasing Records From Closed Criminal Investigations
Vote to pass on a bill passed through conference that requires releasing records from closed criminal investigations.
Authorizes the following records to be released (Sec. 1):
Adult arrestee photographs taken during the initial intake following the arrest and as part of the routing booking procedure;
Information relative to the identity of any individual who is arrested and charged, and the status of the charge, with the exception of juveniles; and
Records of completed unattended death investigations to the parent, spouse, or the most immediate family member of the decedent, provided the person is not a person of interest or suspects.
Prohibits the following records from being released, except in disclosures by the custodian, in their discretion (Sec. 1):
Criminal investigative files;
Reports submitted in confidence to state and local law-enforcement agencies, investigators, and campus police departments;
Records of law-enforcement agencies relating to neighborhood watch programs that include personal information of someone in the watch group;
All records of persons imprisoned in penal institutions in the Commonwealth;
Records of law-enforcement agencies;
All records of adult persons under investigation or supervision by a local pretrial services agency, investigation, probation, supervision or monitoring by a probation services agency, or investigation, probation, and supervision by state probation and parole services;
Any portions of any records containing any undercover operations;
Identities of any victims, witnesses, or undercover officers, or investigative techniques or procedures;
Records of background investigations; and
Any call records made to emergency services.
Title: Requires Releasing Records From Closed Criminal Investigations
Title: Requires Releasing Records From Closed Criminal Investigations
Title: Requires Releasing Records From Closed Criminal Investigations
Vote to pass a bill that requires releasing records from closed criminal investigations.
Authorizes the following records to be released (Sec. 1):
Adult arrestee photographs taken during the initial intake following the arrest and as part of the routing booking procedure;
Information relative to the identity of any individual who is arrested and charged, and the status of the charge, with the exception of juveniles; and
Records of completed unattended death investigations to the parent, spouse, or the most immediate family member of the decedent, provided the person is not a person of interest or suspects.
Prohibits the following records from being released, except in disclosures by the custodian, in their discretion (Sec. 1):
Criminal investigative files;
Reports submitted in confidence to state and local law-enforcement agencies, investigators, and campus police departments;
Records of law-enforcement agencies relating to neighborhood watch programs that include personal information of someone in the watch group;
All records of persons imprisoned in penal institutions in the Commonwealth;
Records of law-enforcement agencies;
All records of adult persons under investigation or supervision by a local pretrial services agency, investigation, probation, supervision or monitoring by a probation services agency, or investigation, probation, and supervision by state probation and parole services;
Any portions of any records containing any undercover operations;
Identities of any victims, witnesses, or undercover officers, or investigative techniques or procedures;
Records of background investigations; and
Any call records made to emergency services.
Title: Requires Releasing Records From Closed Criminal Investigations