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type: "Bill"
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title: "School resource officers and school security officers; training standards."
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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 HB 1419."
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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: "SB 171"
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citation: "Virginia SB 171 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-12-20"
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last_action: "2020-03-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a02b9786-6cca-4784-b2b3-bbc87d7d1b68"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB171"
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source_hash: "7d0452aa66e12ec3a75687e19e92a17f1cb1126e94f6bb037a2b6e4ed3b0a807"
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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 SB 171 (2020) — School resource officers and school security officers; training standards.
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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 HB 1419.
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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 (CHAP0184)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0184)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB171ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB171ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB171E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB171E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB171)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB171)
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## Votes
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- Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) — **37–2** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (12-Y 1-N) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103259D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-20** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB171)
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- **2020-01-13** Rereferred from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-13** Rereferred to Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-20** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-30** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (12-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-03** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-02-03** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB171E
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- **2020-02-03** Printed as engrossed 20103259D-E
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- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB171E)
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- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-20** Passed House (94-Y 4-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-20** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB171ER)
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- **2020-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
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- **2020-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
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- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 184 (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/a02b9786-6cca-4784-b2b3-bbc87d7d1b68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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