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Bill Public schools; school security and discipline, employment of school security officers, training. Public schools; school security and discipline; employment of school security officers; training requirements. Amends the requirements for the training course of which an individual employed as a school security officer is required to submit proof of completion to the Department of Criminal Justice Services in order to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties by (i) eliminating the requirement that such training course include training in active shooter emergency response and, instead, requiring it to include training in critical incident preparedness and response and (ii) clarifying that such training course include training in behavioral threat assessment. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 529 Virginia SB 529 (2026)
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Virginia SB 529 (2026) — Public schools; school security and discipline, employment of school security officers, training.

Public schools; school security and discipline; employment of school security officers; training requirements. Amends the requirements for the training course of which an individual employed as a school security officer is required to submit proof of completion to the Department of Criminal Justice Services in order to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties by (i) eliminating the requirement that such training course include training in active shooter emergency response and, instead, requiring it to include training in critical incident preparedness and response and (ii) clarifying that such training course include training in behavioral threat assessment.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • H VOTE: — 990 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Public Safety — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health — 150 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101784D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB529)
  • 2026-01-29 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
  • 2026-02-05 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-06 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-02-09 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-09 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-13 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2026-02-27 Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-04 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2026-03-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-10 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-10 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB529ER) passage
  • 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB529)
  • 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 503 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0503)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/600ad1c1-dbeb-4acc-8b88-a9ef15d3653d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).