Virginia has made headlines in recent months for criminal justice reform measures but advocates say more needs to be done. They are disappointed lawmakers in both chambers of the General Assembly recently killed proposals to reduce qualified immunity protections for police officers. State lawmakers so far this session have advanced
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The Virginia House of Delegates’s Courts of Justice Committee Tuesday killed two Republican bills that would have made individual parole board votes public record and forced such boards to release monthly reports detailing their actions with incarcerated citizens. The committee referred the latter bill to the crime commission for
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The House of Delegates approved a bill Thursday that would create teams of mental health service providers and peer recovery specialists to accompany police officers responding to individual crises. House Bill 5043, introduced by Del. Jeffrey Bourne, D-Richmond, was approved by a vote of 57-39. The legislation needs passage from
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The on-again, off-again status of a bill to end qualified immunity for Virginia police officers is on again, after the House of Delegates voted Tuesday in favor of it. The House had voted down the proposal Friday, when several Democrats either abstained or voted against it. But the bill’s
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