VirginiaLaw-enforcement agencies and officers; establishing training curriculum on certain arrests.
What it does
Department of Criminal Justice Services; training curriculum on certain arrests. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a training curriculum for law-enforcement agencies, law-enforcement officers, and special conservators of the peace on the discretion such officers can exercise regarding certain arrests. The bill requires that such training curriculum be created by July 1, 2027, and include (i) instruction on the scope and nature of law-enforcement officer discretion in arrest decisions, with particular emphasis on encounters with individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, including individuals currently subject to an emergency custody order, a temporary detention order, or an involuntary admission order, and (ii) instruction on the immediate and long-term effects of arrests on individuals in need of mental health services due to a mental health crisis, including impacts on treatment outcomes as identified in substantially accepted peer-reviewed research literature.
More detail
The bill requires any person employed as a law-enforcement officer prior to July 1, 2027, to review any course material or course criteria related to such curriculum by January 1, 2028, and any person employed as a law-enforcement officer on or after July 1, 2027, to review any course material or course criteria related to such curriculum within one year of his date of hire. Lastly, the bill directs the Criminal Justice Services Board to promulgate regulations pursuant to relevant law requiring special conservators of the peace to review any course material or course criteria related to such curriculum established by the bill by July 1, 2027. The bill requires any person applying for an initial or renewal registration as a special conservator of the peace on or after July 1, 2027 to review any course material or course criteria related to such curriculum as part of his compulsory training standards.As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1194.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Apr 2Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0639)Latest
- Vote recorded House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 2Enacted, Chapter 639 (Effective 07/01/25)Major
- Apr 2Signed by President as reenrolledTo Governor
- Apr 2Signed by Speaker as reenrolledMajor
- Apr 2Reenrolled bill text (HB1712ER2)Minor
- Apr 2ReenrolledMinor
- Apr 2Governor Glenn Youngkin's recommendation adoptedBecame Law
- Apr 2Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- Apr 2House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 5-N)
- Mar 24Governor's substitute printed (HB1712H3)
- Mar 24Governor Glenn Youngkin's recommendation received by HouseMinor
- Mar 11Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025Minor
- Mar 11Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 10Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1712)
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1712ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 27Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1712)
- Feb 22Conference report agreed to by House (60-Y 39-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Conference report agreed to by House (60-Y 39-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 22Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 22Conference substitute printed 25108053D-H2
- Feb 22Amended by conference committee
- Feb 20Delegates: Watts, Hope, Hodges
- Vote recorded Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20Conferees appointed by House
- Feb 20Senators: Deeds, Perry, Stanley
- Feb 20Conferees appointed by Senate
- Feb 20House acceded to request
- Feb 19Senate requested conference committeeMinor
- Vote recorded Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 18Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 94-N)
- Vote recorded Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 94-N). Result: fail.Lower
- Feb 17Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 17Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 17Committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Feb 17Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 17Read third timeMinor
- Feb 17Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1712)
- Feb 14Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 14Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- Feb 14Rules suspended
- Feb 12Committee substitute printed 25107341D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 5Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 3Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Feb 2Read first timeMinor
- Jan 31Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 29Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1712)
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (16-Y 6-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Committee substitute printed 25106008D-H1Major
- Jan 29Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 6-N)Minor
- Jan 24Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Assigned Courts sub: CriminalMinor
- Jan 21Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1712)
- Jan 4Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 4Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103602DIntroduced
- Apr 2Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0639)Latest