---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private security; compliance agent experience, surety bond."
description: "Removes the requirement that a compliance agent for a private security services business have either five years of experience or three years of managerial or supervisory experience in a private security services business, a state or local law-enforcement agency, or a related field. The bill also removes the option for a private security services business or a private security services training school to be covered by a bond in lieu of liability insurance. The bill provides that it will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2018 Session of the General Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1628"
citation: "Virginia HB 1628 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commonwealth Public Safety", "General Assembly", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-04"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d9a1e4a-d0d0-4ce3-9c7e-a8b4620224e3"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1628"
source_hash: "eb2c9449b1f7a45facb0ef0b0c51a341dd260e71172f6d18beae1533f8b14815"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1628 (2017) — Private security; compliance agent experience, surety bond.

Removes the requirement that a compliance agent for a private security services business have either five years of experience or three years of managerial or supervisory experience in a private security services business, a state or local law-enforcement agency, or a related field. The bill also removes the option for a private security services business or a private security services training school to be covered by a bond in lieu of liability insurance. The bill provides that it will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2018 Session of the General Assembly.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0495)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0495)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1628ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1628ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101612D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1628)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101612D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1628E)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101612D `introduction`
- **2017-01-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-20** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-01-20** Engrossed by House as amended HB1628E
- **2017-01-20** Printed as engrossed 17101612D-E
- **2017-01-23** Passed by for the day
- **2017-01-24** Engrossment reconsidered by House
- **2017-01-24** Passed by until Monday, January 30, 2017
- **2017-01-30** Passed by for the day
- **2017-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Engrossed by House as amended HB1628E
- **2017-02-01** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 495 (effective -see bill) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d9a1e4a-d0d0-4ce3-9c7e-a8b4620224e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).