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SENATE BILL NO. 813 

Offered January 8, 2020 

Prefiled January 8, 2020 

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 52 a 
 chapter numbered 7.5, consisting of sections numbered 52-34.13, 52-34.14, and 
 52-34.15, relating to establishment of the Virginia High Speed Chase Alert 
 Program. 
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Patron-- Morrissey 

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Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Title 52 
 a chapter numbered 7.5, consisting of sections numbered 52-34.13, 52-34.14, and 
 52-34.15, as follows:

CHAPTER 
 7.5. 

VIRGINIA HIGH 
 SPEED CHASE ALERT PROGRAM. 

� 52-34.13. 
 Definitions.

As used in this 
 chapter:

"High 
 speed chase" means an active 
 attempt by an on-duty 
 law-enforcement officer while driving a conspicuously 
 marked law-enforcement vehicle to apprehend or stop another 
 moving motor vehicle, 
 or an occupant within such other motor vehicle, 
 and the driver of such other vehicle is resisting apprehension 
 by maintaining or increasing his speed or by 
 ignoring the law-enforcement officer's attempt to stop such 
 vehicle, and the ongoing 
 pursuit poses a credible 
 threat as determined by the pursuing 
 law-enforcement agency to the health and safety of other 
 motor vehicle operators or the general public and under such other 
 circumstances as deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police.

"High 
 Speed Chase Alert" 
 means the notice of a high speed chase 
 provided to the public by the media or other methods under a High 
 Speed Chase Alert Agreement.

"High 
 Speed Chase Alert Agreement" means a voluntary agreement 
 between law-enforcement officials and members of the media whereby 
 a high speed chase will be declared, and 
 the public will be notified by media outlets, and includes all other incidental 
 conditions of the partnership as found appropriate by the Virginia State 
 Police.

"High 
 Speed Chase Alert Program" 
 means the procedures and High Speed Chase 
 Alert Agreements to aid in the identification and location of a 
 high speed chase and to alert 
 other nearby persons and motorists for safety reasons.

"High speed chase 
 report" means a report prepared in a format prescribed by the 
 Superintendent of State Police for use by law-enforcement agencies to report high 
 speed chases to the Virginia 
 State Police.

"Media" 
 means print, radio, television, and Internet-based communication systems or 
 other methods of communicating information to the public.

� 52-34.14. 
 Establishment of the Virginia High 
 Speed Chase Alert Program.

The Virginia State 
 Police shall develop policies for the establishment of uniform standards for 
 the creation of High Speed Chase Al