---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal justice training academies; curriculum."
description: "Criminal justice training academies; curriculum. Provides that an approved criminal justice training academy may utilize an alternative curriculum and lesson plans that meet or exceed the compulsory minimum training standards without seeking a waiver from the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Under current law, the Department is required to develop a uniform curriculum to be used at all criminal justice training academies unless a waiver to the uniform curriculum is granted by the Department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1369"
citation: "Virginia HB 1369 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra D. Gardner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78e81bfa-4ead-4965-9c5a-45a1c94cbe91"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1369"
source_hash: "05d68d75a7547c3edd99b25b915f66460405796fa79efd956473ae90bce1437a"
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 1369 (2024) — Criminal justice training academies; curriculum.

Criminal justice training academies; curriculum. Provides that an approved criminal justice training academy may utilize an alternative curriculum and lesson plans that meet or exceed the compulsory minimum training standards without seeking a waiver from the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Under current law, the Department is required to develop a uniform curriculum to be used at all criminal justice training academies unless a waiver to the uniform curriculum is granted by the Department.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0556** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0556)
2. **HB1369ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1369ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24104550D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1369)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24104550D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1369E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred from Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Debra D. Gardner — primary (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 24104550D `introduction`
- **2024-01-15** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1369)
- **2024-01-26** Referred from Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-02** Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Engrossed by House as amended HB1369E
- **2024-02-07** Printed as engrossed 24104550D-E
- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1369E)
- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1369ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1369ER)
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 556 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0556)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78e81bfa-4ead-4965-9c5a-45a1c94cbe91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).