republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1419.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School resource officers and school security officers; training standards."
description: "School resource officers and school security officers; training standards. Requires school resource officers and school security officers to receive training specific to the role and responsibility of a law-enforcement officer working with students in a school environment that includes training on (i) relevant state and federal laws; (ii) school and personal liability issues; (iii) security awareness in the school environment; (iv) mediation and conflict resolution, including de-escalation techniques such as physical alternatives to restraint; (v) disaster and emergency response; (vi) awareness of cultural diversity and implicit bias; (vii) working with students with disabilities, mental health needs, substance abuse disorders, or past traumatic experiences; and (viii) student behavioral dynamics, including current child and adolescent development and brain research. This bill is identical to SB 171. "
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1419"
citation: "Virginia HB 1419 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerrauld C. \"Jay\" Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ffa80b8-508b-40e3-b925-dee89ad2a774"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1419"
source_hash: "b1a9e1b5777eeefc3067e269d2f5aa450e5da3ce6ae26b529670373d0239fd69"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1419 (2020) — School resource officers and school security officers; training standards.

School resource officers and school security officers; training standards. Requires school resource officers and school security officers to receive training specific to the role and responsibility of a law-enforcement officer working with students in a school environment that includes training on (i) relevant state and federal laws; (ii) school and personal liability issues; (iii) security awareness in the school environment; (iv) mediation and conflict resolution, including de-escalation techniques such as physical alternatives to restraint; (v) disaster and emergency response; (vi) awareness of cultural diversity and implicit bias; (vii) working with students with disabilities, mental health needs, substance abuse disorders, or past traumatic experiences; and (viii) student behavioral dynamics, including current child and adolescent development and brain research. This bill is identical to SB 171. 

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0638)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0638)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1419ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1419ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1419)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1419)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Referred from Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 3-N) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102267D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1419)
- **2020-01-31** Referred from Courts of Justice
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 3-N)
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed by for the day
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1419ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 638 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ffa80b8-508b-40e3-b925-dee89ad2a774`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).