---
type: "Bill"
title: "School resource officers and school security officers; training standards."
description: "School resource officers and school security officers; training standards. Requires school resource officers and school security officers to receive training specific to the role and responsibility of a law-enforcement officer working with students in a school environment that includes training on (i) relevant state and federal laws; (ii) school and personal liability issues; (iii) security awareness in the school environment; (iv) mediation and conflict resolution, including de-escalation techniques such as physical alternatives to restraint; (v) disaster and emergency response; (vi) awareness of cultural diversity and implicit bias; (vii) working with students with disabilities, mental health needs, substance abuse disorders, or past traumatic experiences; and (viii) student behavioral dynamics, including current child and adolescent development and brain research. This bill is identical to HB 1419."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 171"
citation: "Virginia SB 171 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-12-20"
last_action: "2020-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a02b9786-6cca-4784-b2b3-bbc87d7d1b68"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB171"
source_hash: "7d0452aa66e12ec3a75687e19e92a17f1cb1126e94f6bb037a2b6e4ed3b0a807"
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 SB 171 (2020) — School resource officers and school security officers; training standards.

School resource officers and school security officers; training standards. Requires school resource officers and school security officers to receive training specific to the role and responsibility of a law-enforcement officer working with students in a school environment that includes training on (i) relevant state and federal laws; (ii) school and personal liability issues; (iii) security awareness in the school environment; (iv) mediation and conflict resolution, including de-escalation techniques such as physical alternatives to restraint; (v) disaster and emergency response; (vi) awareness of cultural diversity and implicit bias; (vii) working with students with disabilities, mental health needs, substance abuse disorders, or past traumatic experiences; and (viii) student behavioral dynamics, including current child and adolescent development and brain research. This bill is identical to HB 1419.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0184)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB171ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB171ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB171E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB171E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB171)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB171)

## Votes

- Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (12-Y 1-N) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103259D `introduction`
- **2019-12-20** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB171)
- **2020-01-13** Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-13** Rereferred to Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (12-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-03** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB171E
- **2020-02-03** Printed as engrossed 20103259D-E
- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB171E)
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** Passed House (94-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N)
- **2020-02-24** Enrolled
- **2020-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB171ER)
- **2020-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-25** Signed by President
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
- **2020-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 184 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a02b9786-6cca-4784-b2b3-bbc87d7d1b68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).