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Bill

Law-enforcement officer training & qualifications; DCJS to develop uniform curriculum & plans, etc.

Department of Criminal Justice Services; law-enforcement officer training and qualifications. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) to develop a uniform curriculum and lesson plans for the compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service, and advanced training standards to be employed by criminal justice training academies approved by the Department when conducting training. The bill also requires the Department to include the recognition of implicit biases in interacting with persons who have a mental illness, substance use disorder, or developmental or cognitive disability in its (i) training standards and model policies; (ii) compulsory training standards for basic training and recertification of law-enforcement officers; and (iii) operating procedures, guidelines, and standards for community policing in order to ensure sensitivity to and awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural diversity, and the potential for bias-based profiling. The bill also requires the Department to include training in de-escalation techniques and training in the lawful use of force, including the use of force only when necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person in the compulsory training standards for basic training and recertification.The bill requires the Department to establish compulsory in-service training standards for law-enforcement officers in the following subjects: (a) relevant state and federal laws; (b) awareness of cultural diversity and the potential for bias-based profiling; (c) de-escalation techniques; (d) working with individuals with disabilities, mental health needs, or substance use disorders; and (e) the lawful use of force, including the use of deadly force only when necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person.In addition, the bill adds to the minimum qualifications to become a law-enforcement officer or a jail officer the requirement that such person undergo a psychological examination, subsequent to a conditional offer of employment, conducted under the supervision of a licensed psychologist or other licensed mental health professional. The bill requires the Department to establish requirements for compulsory mental health examinations for law-enforcement officers, jail officers, and correctional officers that include guidelines on the implementation of such mental health examinations.Finally, the bill requires any criminal justice training academy approved by the Department to employ such uniform curriculum and lesson plans and requires the Department to conduct annual evaluations of each criminal justice training academy's compliance with uniform curriculum and lesson plans. The bill allows an approved criminal justice training academy to petition the Department for a waiver and requires the Department to grant a waiver if the academy meets and exceeds compulsory minimum training standards and substantially complies with the content of uniform curriculum and lesson plans developed by the Department.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020specialI

HB 5109

Virginia HB 5109 (2020specialI)

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2020-08-21

2020-11-09

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https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+HB5109

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia HB 5109 (2020specialI) — Law-enforcement officer training & qualifications; DCJS to develop uniform curriculum & plans, etc.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0048) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB5109ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House as amended HB5109E (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5109S2 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB5109S1) (committee substitute) — source
Reenrolled bill text (HB5109ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from Public Safety with amendment (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 39-N) — 57–39 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — 96–1 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 36-N) — 59–36 (pass) · lower
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 14-N) — 24–14 (pass) · upper
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
Committee substitute reconsidered (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-08-21 Presented and ordered printed 20200924D introduction
2020-08-21 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
2020-08-25 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-08-25 Reported from Public Safety with amendment (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-08-25 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
2020-08-31 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-09-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB5109)
2020-09-02 Read first time reading-1
2020-09-03 Read second time reading-2
2020-09-03 Committee amendment agreed to
2020-09-03 Engrossed by House as amended HB5109E
2020-09-03 Printed as engrossed 20200924D-E
2020-09-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
2020-09-04 VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
2020-09-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-09-09 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-09-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB5109E)
2020-09-16 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-09-16 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-09-16 Committee substitute printed 20201189D-S1 substitution
2020-09-16 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-09-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB5109S1)
2020-09-24 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-09-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2020-10-01 Read third time reading-3
2020-10-01 Reading of substitute waived
2020-10-01 Committee substitute agreed to
2020-10-01 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB5109S1
2020-10-01 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
2020-10-01 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-10-01 Passed by for the day
2020-10-02 Floor substitute printed 20201293D-S2 (Locke)
2020-10-02 Read third time reading-3
2020-10-02 Committee substitute reconsidered (38-Y 0-N)
2020-10-02 Reading of substitute waived
2020-10-02 Substitute by Senator Locke agreed to
2020-10-02 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB5109S2
2020-10-02 Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 14-N) passage
2020-10-07 Placed on Calendar
2020-10-07 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20201293D-S2 (60-Y 36-N)
2020-10-07 VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 36-N)
2020-10-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB5109S2)
2020-10-14 Enrolled
2020-10-14 Signed by Speaker
2020-10-14 Signed by President
2020-10-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB5109ER)
2020-10-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on October 21, 2020
2020-10-21 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 28, 2020
2020-10-28 Governor's recommendation received by House
2020-11-09 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (58-Y 39-N)
2020-11-09 VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 39-N)
2020-11-09 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N)
2020-11-09 Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-11-09 Reenrolled
2020-11-09 Reenrolled bill text (HB5109ER2)
2020-11-09 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-11-09 Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-11-09 Enacted, Chapter 48 (effective 3/1/21) became-law

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe8bcd81-c9fd-4602-8b5b-9862a44b76a2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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