republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-1024.md

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Bill	Detector canines and detector canine handlers; training and database.	Detector canines and detector canine handlers; training and database. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish compulsory minimum training standards for detector canine handlers employed by the Department of Corrections, standards for the training and retention of canines used by the Department of Corrections, and a database on the performance and effectiveness of detector canines. The bill requires that correctional officers employed by the Department of Corrections comply with such requirements.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 1024	Virginia SB 1024 (2020)	bill		enacted	Mark J. Peake	4	35	9	2020-01-16	2020-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/f2a51459-ceb1-4bc2-8105-317acf062f26	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1024	878a60bed99bbc1f66f09265cff897b8076f152debae5965a5488923f7122962	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1024 (2020) — Detector canines and detector canine handlers; training and database.

Detector canines and detector canine handlers; training and database. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish compulsory minimum training standards for detector canine handlers employed by the Department of Corrections, standards for the training and retention of canines used by the Department of Corrections, and a database on the performance and effectiveness of detector canines. The bill requires that correctional officers employed by the Department of Corrections comply with such requirements.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0535) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1024ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1024S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1024S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Referred from General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mark J. Peake — primary (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-16 Unanimous consent to introduce
• 2020-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 20105386D introduction
• 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Introduced bill reprinted 20105386D
• 2020-01-24 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Committee substitute printed 20106629D-S1 substitution
• 2020-01-24 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20106629D-S1
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1024S1
• 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB1024S1)
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Referred from General Laws
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled
• 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB1024ER)
• 2020-03-05 Signed by President
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 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
• 2020-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 535 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2a51459-ceb1-4bc2-8105-317acf062f26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).