republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-171.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 HB 1419.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 171	Virginia SB 171 (2020)	bill		enacted	Mamie E. Locke	4	33	8	2019-12-20	2020-03-06	openstates	ocd-bill/a02b9786-6cca-4784-b2b3-bbc87d7d1b68	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB171	7d0452aa66e12ec3a75687e19e92a17f1cb1126e94f6bb037a2b6e4ed3b0a807	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 171 (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 HB 1419.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0184) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB171ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB171E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB171) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) — 20–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) — 37–2 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N) — 93–4 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment (12-Y 1-N) — 12–1 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-20 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103259D introduction
• 2019-12-20 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
• 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB171)
• 2020-01-13 Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-13 Rereferred to Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (12-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-02-03 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB171E
• 2020-02-03 Printed as engrossed 20103259D-E
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) passage
• 2020-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB171E)
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-20 Passed House (94-Y 4-N) passage
• 2020-02-20 VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N)
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled
• 2020-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB171ER)
• 2020-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-25 Signed by President
• 2020-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
• 2020-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
• 2020-03-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 184 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a02b9786-6cca-4784-b2b3-bbc87d7d1b68. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).