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| Bill | Virginia Critical Operation for a Disappeared Child Initiative (Codi) Alert Program; established. | Alert for missing or endangered children; Virginia Critical Operation for a Disappeared Child Initiative (Codi) Alert Program. Creates a program for local, regional, or statewide notification of a missing or endangered child. The bill defines a missing or endangered child as a child (i) who is 17 years of age or younger or is currently enrolled in a secondary school in the Commonwealth, regardless of age; (ii) whose whereabouts are unknown; and (iii) whose disappearance is under suspicious circumstances or poses a credible threat as determined by law enforcement to the safety and health of the child and under such other circumstances as deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police. The bill requires the Virginia State Police to develop, in consultation with representatives of local law-enforcement agencies, including representatives from the Virginia Sheriffs' Association and the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, policies for the establishment of uniform standards for the creation of Codi Alert Programs throughout the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 201. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 1388 | Virginia HB 1388 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 1388 (2024) — Virginia Critical Operation for a Disappeared Child Initiative (Codi) Alert Program; established.
Alert for missing or endangered children; Virginia Critical Operation for a Disappeared Child Initiative (Codi) Alert Program. Creates a program for local, regional, or statewide notification of a missing or endangered child. The bill defines a missing or endangered child as a child (i) who is 17 years of age or younger or is currently enrolled in a secondary school in the Commonwealth, regardless of age; (ii) whose whereabouts are unknown; and (iii) whose disappearance is under suspicious circumstances or poses a credible threat as determined by law enforcement to the safety and health of the child and under such other circumstances as deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police. The bill requires the Virginia State Police to develop, in consultation with representatives of local law-enforcement agencies, including representatives from the Virginia Sheriffs' Association and the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, policies for the establishment of uniform standards for the creation of Codi Alert Programs throughout the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 201.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0658 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24106824D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1388ER (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 24105525D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bonita G. Anthony — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 24105525D
introduction - 2024-01-16 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2024-01-23 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
referral-committee - 2024-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-02 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-02 Committee substitute printed 24106824D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-02 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1388)
- 2024-02-04 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
referral-committee - 2024-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-07 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB1388H1)
- 2024-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24106824D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1388H1
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 (9-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-29 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1388ER)
passage - 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB1388ER)
- 2024-03-03 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 658 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0658)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ee68742-2589-48ca-b953-e6a2963e86fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).