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type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement training; communication with individuals with autism spectrum disorder."
description: "Law-enforcement training; individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish compulsory minimum and in-service training standards for law-enforcement officers on communicating with individuals with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability, such as autism spectrum disorder, which shall include (i) an overview and behavioral recognition of autism spectrum disorder, (ii) best practices for crisis prevention and de-escalation techniques, (iii) an objective review of any relevant tools and technology available to assist in communication, and (iv) education on law-enforcement agency and community resources for the autism community on future crisis prevention. The bill requires that such training standards be established in consultation with at least one individual with autism spectrum disorder, one family member of an individual with autism spectrum disorder, one specialist who works with individuals with autism spectrum disorder, one representative from the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and one representative from a state or local law-enforcement agency. The bill requires the Department to establish such training standards by January 1, 2027, and requires any person employed as a law-enforcement officer prior to July 1, 2024, to complete the compulsory in-service training by July 1, 2028. This bill is identical to SB 547."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1246"
citation: "Virginia HB 1246 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodney T. Willett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ba41ded-b2c2-4eef-bb6e-4e3b4a9c92ef"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1246"
source_hash: "bf5761f99b1b02dc2096fdff6ee91ef7b5daebe5ae45ade6c6fff4b908900d46"
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 HB 1246 (2024) — Law-enforcement training; communication with individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
Law-enforcement training; individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish compulsory minimum and in-service training standards for law-enforcement officers on communicating with individuals with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability, such as autism spectrum disorder, which shall include (i) an overview and behavioral recognition of autism spectrum disorder, (ii) best practices for crisis prevention and de-escalation techniques, (iii) an objective review of any relevant tools and technology available to assist in communication, and (iv) education on law-enforcement agency and community resources for the autism community on future crisis prevention. The bill requires that such training standards be established in consultation with at least one individual with autism spectrum disorder, one family member of an individual with autism spectrum disorder, one specialist who works with individuals with autism spectrum disorder, one representative from the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and one representative from a state or local law-enforcement agency. The bill requires the Department to establish such training standards by January 1, 2027, and requires any person employed as a law-enforcement officer prior to July 1, 2024, to complete the compulsory in-service training by July 1, 2028. This bill is identical to SB 547.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0742** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0742)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106142D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1246H1)
3. **HB1246ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1246ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104787D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1246)
## Votes
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104787D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1246)
- **2024-02-08** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute printed 24106142D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1246H1)
- **2024-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24106142D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1246H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (10-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-21** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Reading of amendment waived
- **2024-03-01** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2024-03-01** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1246ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1246ER)
- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 742 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0742)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ba41ded-b2c2-4eef-bb6e-4e3b4a9c92ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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