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 HB 1712.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Apr 2Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)Latest
- Vote recorded House concurred in Governor's recommendation (89-Y 7-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 2Enacted, Chapter 619 (Effective 07/01/2025)Major
- Apr 2Signed by Speaker as reenrolledTo Governor
- Apr 2Signed by President as reenrolledMajor
- Apr 2Reenrolled bill text (SB1194ER2)Minor
- Apr 2ReenrolledMinor
- Apr 2Governor Glenn Youngkin's recommendation adoptedBecame Law
- Apr 2House concurred in Governor's recommendation (89-Y 7-N)
- Apr 2Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- Mar 24Governor's substitute printed (SB1194S3)
- Mar 24Governor Glenn Youngkin's recommendation received by SenateMinor
- Mar 11Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025Minor
- Mar 11Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025Minor
- Mar 10Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1194)
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 7Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1194ER)Major
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Feb 27Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1194)
- Feb 22Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Conference report agreed to by House (58-Y 39-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 22Conference report agreed to by House (58-Y 39-N)Minor
- Feb 22Conference substitute printed 25108057D-S2
- Feb 22Amended by conference committee
- Feb 20Delegates: Watts, Hope, Hodges
- Feb 20Conferees appointed by House
- Feb 19Senators: Deeds, Carroll Foy, Obenshain
- Vote recorded Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Conferees appointed by Senate
- Feb 19Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- Feb 18House requested conference committeeMinor
- Feb 18House insisted on substituteMajor
- Feb 17House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N)
- Vote recorded House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N). Result: fail.Upper
- Feb 13Passed House with substitute (59-Y 37-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Passed House with substitute (59-Y 37-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 13Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- Feb 13Read third timeMinor
- Feb 13Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1194)
- Feb 12Read second timeMinor
- Feb 10Committee substitute printed 25107003D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 10Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 5-N)Minor
- Feb 7Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Feb 7Read first timeMinor
- Feb 7Placed on Calendar
- Feb 6Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1194)
- Feb 4Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 4Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 4Rules suspended
- Feb 4Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 4Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- Feb 4Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 4Read second timeMinor
- Feb 4Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 4Rules suspended
- Feb 3Committee substitute printed 25106653D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 3Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 21Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1194)
- Jan 8Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103606DIntroduced
- Apr 2Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)Latest