---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement officers; officers to complete crisis intervention training."
description: "Minimum training standards for law-enforcement officers; crisis intervention team training. Requires all law-enforcement officers involved in a crisis intervention team program to complete a comprehensive advanced training course developed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill also directs the Department to develop modules of principles-based training to be included as part of compulsory minimum training standards subsequent to employment as a law-enforcement officer and as part of basic training and the recertification of law-enforcement officers. The bill also requires the Department to establish training standards for law-enforcement personnel concerning sensitivity and awareness of systemic and individual racism and the potential for bias-based profiling. This bill incorporates SB 5113."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5014"
citation: "Virginia SB 5014 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-08-07"
last_action: "2020-10-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c5d8f70-b66f-4d54-b902-184e75846e22"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5014"
source_hash: "2202e10a76681aac51751ebaa6f90e26e600a6b85527d76a8d77c402e53c6f6d"
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 5014 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement officers; officers to complete crisis intervention training.

Minimum training standards for law-enforcement officers; crisis intervention team training. Requires all law-enforcement officers involved in a crisis intervention team program to complete a comprehensive advanced training course developed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill also directs the Department to develop modules of principles-based training to be included as part of compulsory minimum training standards subsequent to employment as a law-enforcement officer and as part of basic training and the recertification of law-enforcement officers. The bill also requires the Department to establish training standards for law-enforcement personnel concerning sensitivity and awareness of systemic and individual racism and the potential for bias-based profiling. This bill incorporates SB 5113.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0036)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0036)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5014ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5014ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5014H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5014H1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5014S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5014S1)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5014S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5014)
6. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5014S2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5014S2)

## Votes

- Substitute by Senator reconsidered (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 14-N) — **22–14** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 4-N) — **32–4** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200045D `introduction`
- **2020-08-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-20** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Committee substitute printed 20200867D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-20** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB5014S1)
- **2020-09-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-09** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-09** Incorporates SB5113 (McDougle)
- **2020-09-09** Committee substitute printed 20201152D-S2 `substitution`
- **2020-09-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-09-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB5014S2)
- **2020-09-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-09-15** Committee substitute rejected 20200867D-S1
- **2020-09-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-09-15** Committee substitute agreed to 20201152D-S2
- **2020-09-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5014S2
- **2020-09-16** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-09-21** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-21** Committee substitute printed 20201222D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-09-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB5014H1)
- **2020-09-25** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-10-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-10-02** Committee substitute agreed to 20201222D-H1
- **2020-10-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB5014H1
- **2020-10-02** Passed House with substitute (96-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2020-10-02** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N)
- **2020-10-07** House substitute agreed to by Senate (32-Y 4-N)
- **2020-10-07** Substitute by Senator reconsidered (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-10-07** House substitute agreed to by Senate (22-Y 14-N)
- **2020-10-07** Title replaced 20201222D-H1
- **2020-10-14** Enrolled
- **2020-10-14** Signed by President
- **2020-10-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB5014ER)
- **2020-10-21** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
- **2020-10-21** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
- **2020-10-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 36 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c5d8f70-b66f-4d54-b902-184e75846e22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).