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type: "Bill"
title: "School security officers; carrying a firearm in performance of duties."
description: "Authorizes a school security officer to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties if (i) within 10 years immediately prior to being hired by the local school board he was an active law-enforcement officer in the Commonwealth; (ii) he retired or resigned from his position as a law-enforcement officer in good standing; (iii) he meets the training and qualifications to carry a concealed handgun as a retired law-enforcement officer; (iv) he has met the additional training and certification requirements of the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS); (v) the local school board solicits input from the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality regarding the qualifications of the school security officer and receives verification from such chief law-enforcement officer that the school security officer is not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, purchasing, or transporting a firearm; and (vi) the local school board grants him the authority to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties. The bill requires DCJS to establish additional firearms training and certification requirements for school security officers who carry a firearm in the performance of their duties. Existing law requires DCJS to establish minimum training and certification requirements for school security officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1392"
citation: "Virginia HB 1392 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commendations and Commemorations", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Criminal Procedure", "Education", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Scott Lingamfelter"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-07-18"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edd1f6f8-2b70-4975-8a5f-549aea9aba2b"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1392"
source_hash: "f752634350911afb371cdfa356b21db53096393b2d52c65ac59103b4ff795d14"
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 1392 (2017) — School security officers; carrying a firearm in performance of duties.
Authorizes a school security officer to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties if (i) within 10 years immediately prior to being hired by the local school board he was an active law-enforcement officer in the Commonwealth; (ii) he retired or resigned from his position as a law-enforcement officer in good standing; (iii) he meets the training and qualifications to carry a concealed handgun as a retired law-enforcement officer; (iv) he has met the additional training and certification requirements of the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS); (v) the local school board solicits input from the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality regarding the qualifications of the school security officer and receives verification from such chief law-enforcement officer that the school security officer is not prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, purchasing, or transporting a firearm; and (vi) the local school board grants him the authority to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties. The bill requires DCJS to establish additional firearms training and certification requirements for school security officers who carry a firearm in the performance of their duties. Existing law requires DCJS to establish minimum training and certification requirements for school security officers.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0311)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1392ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1392ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100071D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1392)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17100071D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1392E)
5. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105303D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1392S1)
6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105369D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1392S2)
## Votes
- Reported from Education with amendment — **156** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — **7819** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance with substitute — **115** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105369D-S2 — **7522** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **122** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with substitute — **2416** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- L. Scott Lingamfelter — primary (person)
- Benjamin L. Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Brenda L. Pogge — cosponsor (person)
- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher E. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher P. Stolle — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson H. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
- James P. "Jimmie" Massie, III — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Mark Dudenhefer — cosponsor (person)
- M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
- N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
- Peter F. Farrell — cosponsor (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
- Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Rick L. Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Robert G. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
- T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person)
- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas A. "Tag" Greason — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-07-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100071D `introduction`
- **2016-07-18** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** Passed by for the day
- **2017-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-23** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-01-23** Engrossed by House as amended HB1392E
- **2017-01-23** Printed as engrossed 17100071D-E
- **2017-01-24** Read third time and passed House (78-Y 19-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** Committee substitute rejected 17105303D-S1
- **2017-02-17** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 17105369D-S2
- **2017-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1392S2
- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105369D-S2 (75-Y 22-N)
- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 311 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edd1f6f8-2b70-4975-8a5f-549aea9aba2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).