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type: "Bill"
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title: "VITA; required information security training program for state employees."
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description: "Virginia Information Technologies Agency; required information security training program for state employees. Requires the Chief Information Officer of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (the CIO) to develop by November 30, 2020, and annually update a curriculum and materials for training all state employees in information security awareness and in proper procedures for detecting, assessing, reporting, and addressing information security threats. The bill requires the Commonwealth's executive, legislative, and judicial branches and independent agencies, beginning January 1, 2021, to provide annual information security training for each of its employees using the curriculum and materials developed by the CIO."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 852"
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citation: "Virginia HB 852 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hala S. Ayala"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/964226b6-78b6-4624-8407-55ef8f3eb3eb"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB852"
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source_hash: "dbb27fd8ac28d93a767bd364b9d5f1d97792258938ad80170795a8d0e98000e0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 852 (2020) — VITA; required information security training program for state employees.
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Virginia Information Technologies Agency; required information security training program for state employees. Requires the Chief Information Officer of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (the CIO) to develop by November 30, 2020, and annually update a curriculum and materials for training all state employees in information security awareness and in proper procedures for detecting, assessing, reporting, and addressing information security threats. The bill requires the Commonwealth's executive, legislative, and judicial branches and independent agencies, beginning January 1, 2021, to provide annual information security training for each of its employees using the curriculum and materials developed by the CIO.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0717)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0717)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB852ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB852ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB852E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB852E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB852)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB852)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (35-Y 1-N) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (78-Y 21-N) — **77–21** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hala S. Ayala — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100248D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Assigned CT & I sub: Communications `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB852)
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- **2020-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-01-27** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-27** Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-27** Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with amendment (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-27** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-05** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-02-05** Engrossed by House as amended HB852E
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- **2020-02-05** Printed as engrossed 20100248D-E
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- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB852E)
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- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House (78-Y 21-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Passage (78-Y 21-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-26** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate (35-Y 1-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB852ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 717 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/964226b6-78b6-4624-8407-55ef8f3eb3eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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