republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-203.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Private security services business; training requirements for human trafficking.	Private security services business; trainingrequirements; human trafficking. Requires the compulsory minimum,entry-level, and in-service training standards for an unarmed securityofficer, armed security officer, courier, security canine handler,and alarm respondent to include a training requirement on recognizingand reporting instances of suspected human trafficking. The billprovides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall havethe power and duty to develop an online course to meet such trainingrequirement.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 203	Virginia HB 203 (2024)	bill		enacted	Shelly A. Simonds	3	31	9	2024-01-04	2024-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/041c7403-b9b1-46d6-a9a5-8181b41822d8	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB203	2b70dad95a1cc231a97f643b717594812558c3ef7298b68d415363595e57a1f9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 203 (2024) — Private security services business; training requirements for human trafficking.

Private security services business; trainingrequirements; human trafficking. Requires the compulsory minimum,entry-level, and in-service training standards for an unarmed securityofficer, armed security officer, courier, security canine handler,and alarm respondent to include a training requirement on recognizingand reporting instances of suspected human trafficking. The billprovides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services shall havethe power and duty to develop an online course to meet such trainingrequirement.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0367 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB203ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100624D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Referred from General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100624D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-04 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Referred from General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB203)
• 2024-01-19 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-26 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-26 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB203ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB203ER)
• 2024-03-01 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
• 2024-04-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 367 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-03 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0367)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/041c7403-b9b1-46d6-a9a5-8181b41822d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).