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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private security services business; training requirements for human trafficking."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 203"
citation: "Virginia HB 203 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/041c7403-b9b1-46d6-a9a5-8181b41822d8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB203"
source_hash: "2b70dad95a1cc231a97f643b717594812558c3ef7298b68d415363595e57a1f9"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0367)
2. **HB203ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB203ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100624D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB203)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/041c7403-b9b1-46d6-a9a5-8181b41822d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).