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A BILL to amend and reenact Sections 2.2-3713 and 16.1-77 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 6 of Title 9.1 a section numbered 9.1-602, relating to required release of video or audio recording,discharge of firearm or use of stun weapon or chemical irritant by law-enforcement officer.

Relates to required release of video or audio recording,relates to discharge of firearm or use of stun weapon or chemical irritant by law-enforcement officer,requires that, whenever a law-enforcement officer discharges a firearm or uses a stun weapon or chemical irritant on a person resulting in death or serious bodily injury, any video or audio recording that relates to such incident produced or obtained by a law-enforcement officer be open to inspection and available for release.