SB 352 — Law-enforcement officers; restrictions on wearing of facial coverings, exceptions, penalty.
VA 20261 session
Law-enforcement officers; restrictions on wearing of facial coverings; exceptions; penalty. Prohibits any law-enforcement officer, defined in the bill, from wearing a facial covering, defined in the bill, while engaged in the performance of his official duties. The bill sets out several exceptions to such prohibition, including protective facial coverings to protect against disease, infection, and exposure to toxic substances and facial coverings worn by any law-enforcement officer assigned to a special weapons and tactics team while engaged in the performance of his official duties with such team. The bill subjects the law-enforcement officer to disciplinary action, including dismissal, demotion, suspension, transfer, or decertification, and creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any law-enforcement officer who wears a facial covering in violation of the provisions of the bill unless the law-enforcement agency that employs such law-enforcement officer has adopted and established a written policy for and restrictions on the use of facial coverings. The bill also directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop a model policy for and restrictions on the use of facial coverings by law-enforcement officers. This bill is identical to HB 1482.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (11)
- Saddam Azlan Salim (D, VA) — sponsor
- Jennifer B. Boysko (D, VA) — cosponsor
- R. Creigh Deeds (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Adam P. Ebbin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Barbara A. Favola (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael J. Jones (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mamie E. Locke (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Scott A. Surovell (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Angelia Williams Graves (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (58)
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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 | Saddam Azlan Salim (D, state_upper VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Adam P. Ebbin (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Angelia Williams Graves (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Barbara A. Favola (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Jennifer B. Boysko (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Jessica L. Anderson (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Mamie E. Locke (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Michael J. Jones (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | R. Creigh Deeds (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Scott A. Surovell (D, state_upper 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