republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-996.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capitol Police; concurrent jurisdiction."
description: "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 HB 1626."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 996"
citation: "Virginia SB 996 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac766100-1c41-431f-bbf4-c00024cf5d70"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB996"
source_hash: "f7132d45ec22c0a90806b0c8adc3ca2963cb0ac97cd73ae8d8b25a0c87d43ff0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 996 (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 HB 1626.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0897)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0897)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB996ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB996ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB996)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB996)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB996H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB996H1)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) — **35–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 3-N) — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (12-Y 2-N) — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John S. Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 20104520D `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB996)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Rules (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (35-Y 5-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Rules with substitute (17-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute printed 20108582D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB996H1)
- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-25** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Committee substitute agreed to 20108582D-H1
- **2020-02-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB996H1
- **2020-02-26** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 3-N)
- **2020-02-28** Title replaced 20108582D-H1
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB996ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-07** 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
- **2020-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 897 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac766100-1c41-431f-bbf4-c00024cf5d70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).