Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to adopt standards of conduct applicable to law-enforcement and jail officers and due process procedures for decertification based on serious misconduct in violation of those standards. The bill requires any sheriff, chief of police, or agency administrator to notify the Criminal Justice Services Board in writing within 48 hours of becoming aware that any certified law-enforcement or jail officer currently employed by his agency has been terminated for engaging in misconduct, as set forth in the bill. The bill authorizes the Board to initiate decertification proceedings against any current or former law-enforcement or jail officer who has engaged in such activities. The bill directs the Department to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.

Statutes affected:
House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200474D: 15.2-1707
House: Printed as engrossed 20200474D-E: 15.2-1707
Senate: Committee substitute printed 20201183D-S1: 9.1-102, 15.2-1707
House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5051ER): 9.1-102, 15.2-1707
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0027): 9.1-102, 15.2-1707