2026 POLICE BILLS
HB1388 Police Chief Bill of Rights.
Introduced by: Mike A. Cherry (Chief Patron) [R]
Status: Committee Referral Pending
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Police Chief Bill of Rights. Creates independent protections and procedures for certain chiefs of police, defined in the bill, by requiring a showing of just cause when a chief of police is proposed for removal from office. The bill requires that a police chief be given written notice of the specific grounds for his proposed removal and that such police chief be afforded an opportunity to be heard in his own defense, personally and with counsel, before an impartial hearing panel.
1/21/2026 Referred to Committee on House-Public Safety
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SB783 Law-enforcement agencies or localities with federal authority for certain immigration enforcement; limitations.
Introduced by: Saddam Azlan Salim (Chief Patron) [D]
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Law-enforcement agencies or localities; agreements with federal authority for certain immigration enforcement; limitations; collection of data. Provides that no agency of the Commonwealth, law-enforcement agency, or locality shall enter into an agreement authorizing any law-enforcement officer, as defined in the bill, or employee of such agency or locality to perform a function of an immigration officer unless such agreement is in writing and includes certain provisions and conditions. These provisions of the bill expire on June 30, 2028.
The bill also adds to the list of data that the State Police, sheriff's offices, and local law-enforcement agencies are required to collect for the purposes of the Virginia Community Policing Act whether a federal immigration officer was present during an investigatory motor vehicle stop, a stop-and-frisk, or any other investigatory stop conducted by a law-enforcement officer or State Police officer and, if so, if such federal immigration officer took any action that would constitute a violation of state law if not committed by a person acting under the color of federal law.
1/22/2026 Referred to Committee for Senate-Courts of Justice
1/30/2026 Senate -Courts of Justice committee substitute printed 26106430D‑S1