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Delegate Millerlost today in the Courts of Justice committee of the Senate. His "I can search you for not wearing your seatbelt" bill was defeated and is now dead, even after the Fraternal Order of Police, Va Att General,multiple commonwealth's attorneys, and several police chiefs testified in favor of it! The House had voted 74-23 in favor, but it is now dead for this session.
I testified against the bill, apparently frustratingone of thecommonwealth attorneys, who followed me out of the Senate Conference Room A to be testy - he wanted me to know he did understand existing law (I had said: "Hi. I'm ___ ___ from Henrico, and just because many police officers and some Commonwelath's Attorneys failed to understand existing Virginia law and had to be corrected by a unanimous Virginia Supreme Court is not a reason to change the law".) Histone was of controlled anger, and I was flustered by his approach, so all I could think to say is "the bottom line is that you need to educate your people. You lost unanimously in the Supreme Court, and you lost again today. Please educate your people", then I walked away.