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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.
Votes
- H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (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).