republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-586.md

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Bill	Law-enforcement officers; training standards.	Training standards for law-enforcement officers; comprehensive harm reduction program; drug use. Requires theDepartment of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standardsand publish and periodically update model policies for law-enforcementpersonnel for a comprehensive harm reduction program that promotesscientifically proven methods of mitigating health risks associatedwith drug use and other high-risk behaviors, including the use ofnaloxone or other opioid antagonists to prevent opioid overdose deaths,in coordination with statewide naloxone training programs developedby the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Servicesand the Virginia Department of Health.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 586	Virginia HB 586 (2024)	bill		enacted	Adele Y. McClure	4	34	8	2024-01-09	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/605cae75-528c-4fcc-891c-027c2abf80fe	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB586	ba74a2d22738f236795a101e0e76ad4196183f42d3e2325fc75bbd4eee9b35f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 586 (2024) — Law-enforcement officers; training standards.

Training standards for law-enforcement officers; comprehensive harm reduction program; drug use. Requires theDepartment of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standardsand publish and periodically update model policies for law-enforcementpersonnel for a comprehensive harm reduction program that promotesscientifically proven methods of mitigating health risks associatedwith drug use and other high-risk behaviors, including the use ofnaloxone or other opioid antagonists to prevent opioid overdose deaths,in coordination with statewide naloxone training programs developedby the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Servicesand the Virginia Department of Health.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0141 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB586ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101960D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24101960D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) — 51–46 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 3-N) — 4–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101960D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB586)
• 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
• 2024-01-25 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-26 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 3-N)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-07 Engrossed by House as amended HB586E
• 2024-02-07 Printed as engrossed 24101960D-E
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House (52-Y 46-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB586E)
• 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 (HB586ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB586ER)
• 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
• 2024-03-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 141 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0141)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/605cae75-528c-4fcc-891c-027c2abf80fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).