Law-enforcement officers; duty to render aid upon danger to life or limb, civil immunity.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
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Officially: “An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-83.6:1, relating to law-enforcement officers; duty to render aid upon danger to life or limb; civil immunity.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
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 of
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 9, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 583 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
4
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Dan I. HelmerKatrina CallsenPhil M. HernandezPatrick A. Hope
Recorded votes
Senate substitute agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-12 · P · Y 62, N 35, X 2
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-11 · P · Y 21, N 19
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-10 · P · Y 40
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 4-N)Senate · 2026-03-09 · P · Y 9, N 4, X 2
Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 64, N 34, X 2
Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 6-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-28 · P · Y 14, X 2, N 6
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-26 · P · Y 7, N 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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