republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1419.md

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Bill	School resource officers and school security officers; training standards.	School resource officers and school security officers; training standards. Requires school resource officers and school security officers to receive training specific to the role and responsibility of a law-enforcement officer working with students in a school environment that includes training on (i) relevant state and federal laws; (ii) school and personal liability issues; (iii) security awareness in the school environment; (iv) mediation and conflict resolution, including de-escalation techniques such as physical alternatives to restraint; (v) disaster and emergency response; (vi) awareness of cultural diversity and implicit bias; (vii) working with students with disabilities, mental health needs, substance abuse disorders, or past traumatic experiences; and (viii) student behavioral dynamics, including current child and adolescent development and brain research. This bill is identical to SB 171.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1419	Virginia HB 1419 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones	3	34	8	2020-01-08	2020-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/2ffa80b8-508b-40e3-b925-dee89ad2a774	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1419	b1a9e1b5777eeefc3067e269d2f5aa450e5da3ce6ae26b529670373d0239fd69	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1419 (2020) — School resource officers and school security officers; training standards.

School resource officers and school security officers; training standards. Requires school resource officers and school security officers to receive training specific to the role and responsibility of a law-enforcement officer working with students in a school environment that includes training on (i) relevant state and federal laws; (ii) school and personal liability issues; (iii) security awareness in the school environment; (iv) mediation and conflict resolution, including de-escalation techniques such as physical alternatives to restraint; (v) disaster and emergency response; (vi) awareness of cultural diversity and implicit bias; (vii) working with students with disabilities, mental health needs, substance abuse disorders, or past traumatic experiences; and (viii) student behavioral dynamics, including current child and adolescent development and brain research. This bill is identical to SB 171. 

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0638) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1419ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB1419) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) — 20–1 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Referred from Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (94-Y 3-N) — 93–3 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102267D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB1419)
• 2020-01-31 Referred from Courts of Justice
• 2020-01-31 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (94-Y 3-N)
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-02 Passed by for the day
• 2020-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-03 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-03-03 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-03-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-03-03 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 1-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-04 Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-07 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB1419ER)
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 638 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ffa80b8-508b-40e3-b925-dee89ad2a774. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).