HB 273 — Law-enforcement officers; duty to render aid upon danger to life or limb, civil immunity.
VA 20261 session
Law-enforcement officers; duty to render aid upon danger to life or limb; civil immunity. Provides that a law-enforcement officer, while engaged in the performance of his duties, has a duty to render aid to any person that he observes suffering from a serious bodily injury or life-threatening condition, as circumstances objectively permit and provided that such aid may be rendered without endangering the law-enforcement officer, the person, or others. The bill also immunizes a law-enforcement officer from civil liability for any personal injury or wrongful death resulting from such rendering or withholding of such aid absent gross negligence or willful misconduct. The bill directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to adopt regulations to provide law-enforcement officers with basic medical training, including emergency first aid training.
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Sponsors (4)
- Dan I. Helmer (D, VA) — sponsor
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Phil M. Hernandez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (37)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan I. Helmer (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Katrina Callsen (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Patrick A. Hope (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Phil M. Hernandez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no