VirginiaSB11942025 Regular SessionSenate

Law-enforcement agencies and officers; establishing training curriculum on certain arrests.

Sponsored By: R. Creigh Deeds (Democratic)

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Summary

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. 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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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • R. Creigh Deeds

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 478 • No: 125

House vote • 4/2/2025

House concurred in Governor's recommendation

Yes: 89 • No: 7

Senate vote • 4/2/2025

Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation

Yes: 40 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/22/2025

Conference report agreed to by Senate

Yes: 39 • No: 0

House vote • 2/22/2025

Conference report agreed to by House

Yes: 58 • No: 39

Senate vote • 2/19/2025

Senate acceded to request

Yes: 39 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/17/2025

House substitute rejected by Senate

Yes: 2 • No: 37

House vote • 2/13/2025

Passed House with substitute

Yes: 59 • No: 37

House vote • 2/10/2025

Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute

Yes: 17 • No: 5

Senate vote • 2/4/2025

Passed Senate Block Vote

Yes: 40 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/4/2025

Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading)

Yes: 40 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/4/2025

Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading)

Yes: 40 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/3/2025

Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute

Yes: 15 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)

    4/2/2025Senate
  2. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)

    4/2/2025Governor
  3. Reenrolled bill text (SB1194ER2)

    4/2/2025Senate
  4. Reenrolled

    4/2/2025Senate
  5. Enacted, Chapter 619 (Effective 07/01/2025)

    4/2/2025House
  6. Signed by Speaker as reenrolled

    4/2/2025House
  7. Signed by President as reenrolled

    4/2/2025Senate
  8. Governor's recommendation adopted

    4/2/2025Governor
  9. House concurred in Governor's recommendation (89-Y 7-N)

    4/2/2025House
  10. Governor's substitute printed (SB1194S3)

    3/24/2025Senate
  11. Governor's recommendation received by Senate

    3/24/2025Governor
  12. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025

    3/11/2025Governor
  13. Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025

    3/11/2025Senate
  14. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1194)

    3/10/2025Senate
  15. Signed by President

    3/10/2025Senate
  16. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1194ER)

    3/7/2025Senate
  17. Enrolled

    3/7/2025Senate
  18. Signed by Speaker

    3/7/2025House
  19. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1194)

    2/27/2025Senate
  20. Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)

    2/22/2025Senate
  21. Conference substitute printed 25108057D-S2

    2/22/2025Senate
  22. Amended by conference committee

    2/22/2025
  23. Conference report agreed to by House (58-Y 39-N)

    2/22/2025House
  24. Delegates: Watts, Hope, Hodges

    2/20/2025House
  25. Conferees appointed by House

    2/20/2025House

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