---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Justice Services Board and Committee on Training; membership."
description: "Membership on Criminal Justice Services Boardand Committee on Training; law-enforcement training. Requires the social justice organization represented by a member of the CriminalJustice Services Board and a member of the Committee on Trainingbe engaged in advancing inclusion and human rights. The bill containsa technical amendment to compulsory in-service training for law-enforcementofficers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1256"
citation: "Virginia SB 1256 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12f96da4-57f2-4db9-99a3-9d152e160341"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1256"
source_hash: "9ab67bb79c5429e7307c6b7bd25b864061a1afa0b1772d09c579c0920fbd294a"
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 1256 (2021) — Criminal Justice Services Board and Committee on Training; membership.

Membership on Criminal Justice Services Boardand Committee on Training; law-enforcement training. Requires the social justice organization represented by a member of the CriminalJustice Services Board and a member of the Committee on Trainingbe engaged in advancing inclusion and human rights. The bill containsa technical amendment to compulsory in-service training for law-enforcementofficers.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0467** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0467)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100693D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1256)
3. **SB1256ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1256ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N) — **56–42** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Public Safety — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- David W. Marsden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100693D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1256)
- **2021-01-20** Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Public Safety
- **2021-02-12** Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Passed House (57-Y 42-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N)
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1256ER)
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 467 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12f96da4-57f2-4db9-99a3-9d152e160341`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).