republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1951.md

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Bill	Criminal Justice Services Board and its Committee on Training; citizen membership.	Adds to both the Criminal Justice Services Board (the Board) and its Training Committee one citizen member representing community interests. The bill also replaces the member of the Board representing the Virginia Crime Prevention Association, which is no longer in existence, with a member representing the Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. The bill also directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, in consultation with the Governor, to review the current composition of the Board and develop a plan for restructuring the Board in order to improve its efficiency in carrying out its duties and to submit the plan by December 1, 2017, to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1951	Virginia HB 1951 (2017)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Commonwealth Public Safety Criminal Procedure Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Christopher K. Peace	4	17	6	2017-01-10	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/921acf8a-1951-497a-a712-c6adc028b9aa	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1951	9039afe5a0faf9380334ba2cc85fcc3550206383bfffb7d219d7582acc479c42	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1951 (2017) — Criminal Justice Services Board and its Committee on Training; citizen membership.

Adds to both the Criminal Justice Services Board (the Board) and its Training Committee one citizen member representing community interests. The bill also replaces the member of the Board representing the Virginia Crime Prevention Association, which is no longer in existence, with a member representing the Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. The bill also directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, in consultation with the Governor, to review the current composition of the Board and develop a plan for restructuring the Board in order to improve its efficiency in carrying out its duties and to submit the plan by December 1, 2017, to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0206) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1951ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104645D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103423D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 13–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 38–2 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103423D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 17104645D-H1
• 2017-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1951H1
• 2017-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 206 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/921acf8a-1951-497a-a712-c6adc028b9aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).