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Bill Law-enforcement agencies and officers; establishing training curriculum on certain arrests. Department of Criminal Justice Services; training curriculum on certain arrests. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a training curriculum for law-enforcement agencies, law-enforcement officers, and special conservators of the peace on the discretion such officers can exercise regarding certain arrests. The bill requires that such training curriculum be created by July 1, 2027, and include (i) instruction on the scope and nature of law-enforcement officer discretion in arrest decisions, with particular emphasis on encounters with individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, including individuals currently subject to an emergency custody order, a temporary detention order, or an involuntary admission order, and (ii) instruction on the immediate and long-term effects of arrests on individuals in need of mental health services due to a mental health crisis, including impacts on treatment outcomes as identified in substantially accepted peer-reviewed research literature. The bill requires any person employed as a law-enforcement officer prior to July 1, 2027, to review any course material or course criteria related to such curriculum by January 1, 2028, and any person employed as a law-enforcement officer on or after July 1, 2027, to review any course material or course criteria related to such curriculum within one year of his date of hire. Lastly, the bill directs the Criminal Justice Services Board to promulgate regulations pursuant to relevant law requiring special conservators of the peace to review any course material or course criteria related to such curriculum established by the bill by July 1, 2027. The bill requires any person applying for an initial or renewal registration as a special conservator of the peace on or after July 1, 2027 to review any course material or course criteria related to such curriculum as part of his compulsory training standards.As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1194. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1712 Virginia HB 1712 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1712 (2025) — Law-enforcement agencies and officers; establishing training curriculum on certain arrests.

Department of Criminal Justice Services; training curriculum on certain arrests. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a training curriculum for law-enforcement agencies, law-enforcement officers, and special conservators of the peace on the discretion such officers can exercise regarding certain arrests. The bill requires that such training curriculum be created by July 1, 2027, and include (i) instruction on the scope and nature of law-enforcement officer discretion in arrest decisions, with particular emphasis on encounters with individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, including individuals currently subject to an emergency custody order, a temporary detention order, or an involuntary admission order, and (ii) instruction on the immediate and long-term effects of arrests on individuals in need of mental health services due to a mental health crisis, including impacts on treatment outcomes as identified in substantially accepted peer-reviewed research literature. The bill requires any person employed as a law-enforcement officer prior to July 1, 2027, to review any course material or course criteria related to such curriculum by January 1, 2028, and any person employed as a law-enforcement officer on or after July 1, 2027, to review any course material or course criteria related to such curriculum within one year of his date of hire. Lastly, the bill directs the Criminal Justice Services Board to promulgate regulations pursuant to relevant law requiring special conservators of the peace to review any course material or course criteria related to such curriculum established by the bill by July 1, 2027. The bill requires any person applying for an initial or renewal registration as a special conservator of the peace on or after July 1, 2027 to review any course material or course criteria related to such curriculum as part of his compulsory training standards.As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission. This bill is identical to SB 1194.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Conference Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Governor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  8. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
  9. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
  10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
  • Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 94-N) — 2–94 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 5-N) — 90–5 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N) — 56–41 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by House (60-Y 39-N) — 60–39 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
  • Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103602D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1712)
  • 2025-01-21 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
  • 2025-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-29 Committee substitute printed 25106008D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1712)
  • 2025-01-30 Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2025-01-31 Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (56-Y 41-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-02-12 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-12 Committee substitute printed 25107341D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-02-14 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-14 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1712)
  • 2025-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-17 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-17 Committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2025-02-17 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-17 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-18 Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 94-N)
  • 2025-02-19 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-19 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-20 House acceded to request
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2025-02-20 Senators: Deeds, Perry, Stanley
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2025-02-20 Delegates: Watts, Hope, Hodges
  • 2025-02-22 Amended by conference committee
  • 2025-02-22 Conference substitute printed 25108053D-H2
  • 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (60-Y 39-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1712)
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1712ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1712)
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
  • 2025-03-24 Governor's substitute printed (HB1712H3)
  • 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (90-Y 5-N)
  • 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
  • 2025-04-02 Reenrolled enrolled
  • 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (HB1712ER2) enrolled
  • 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 639 (Effective 07/01/25) became-law
  • 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0639)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4311c559-8126-4288-96a4-9ff17dc3b425. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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