republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1626.md

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Bill	Capitol Police; concurrent jurisdiction.	Capitol Police; concurrent jurisdiction. Provides that a Capitol Police officer who is a detector canine handler has concurrent jurisdiction with the law-enforcement officers of another jurisdiction that has requested the assistance of the Capitol Police in the detection of firearms, ammunition, explosives, propellants, or incendiaries. This bill is identical to SB 996.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1626	Virginia HB 1626 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jeffrey M. Bourne	3	21	5	2020-01-16	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/dd8a578c-a891-415f-863f-467d404249ae	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1626	48c8de06bf696e7a3af95ac04cd88c5d2d72a0d7ad6cf75d8b5f8c0fbbecd8c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1626 (2020) — Capitol Police; concurrent jurisdiction.

Capitol Police; concurrent jurisdiction. Provides that a Capitol Police officer who is a detector canine handler has concurrent jurisdiction with the law-enforcement officers of another jurisdiction that has requested the assistance of the Capitol Police in the detection of firearms, ammunition, explosives, propellants, or incendiaries. This bill is identical to SB 996.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0754) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1626ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB1626) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — 38–2 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules (11-Y 1-N) — 11–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeffrey M. Bourne — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 20105342D introduction
• 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB1626)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Rules (11-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-25 Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) passage
• 2020-03-02 Enrolled
• 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1626ER)
• 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-03 Signed by President
• 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
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 754 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd8a578c-a891-415f-863f-467d404249ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).