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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 HB 1388. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 SB 201 Virginia SB 201 (2024)
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Virginia SB 201 (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 HB 1388.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0667 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101781D (committee substitute) — source
  3. Printed as engrossed 24101781D-E (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB201ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N) — 373 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Referred from Courts of Justice — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)
  • W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101781D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-01-10 Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
  • 2024-01-15 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-15 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-01-17 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-01-17 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2024-01-17 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2024-01-17 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB201E
  • 2024-01-17 Printed as engrossed 24101781D-E
  • 2024-01-18 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-01-18 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
  • 2024-01-18 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB201E)
  • 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
  • 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-02-16 Referred from Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2024-02-23 Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-27 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-28 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB201ER) passage
  • 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB201ER)
  • 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
  • 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 667 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c080c6c-93f4-4992-a5b1-169d685408f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).