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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law-enforcement officers, certain; universal certification, necessary training."
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description: "Universal certification for certain law-enforcement officers. Provides that any sworn law-enforcement officer with at least one year of experience (i) whose training qualifications meet or exceed current training standards established by the Board of Criminal Justice Services and who is in compliance with the minimum qualifications, (ii) who has not had a break in service of more than 24 months, and (iii) who is leaving the transferring agency in good standing with no pending investigations or disciplinary actions shall be eligible for employment at any law-enforcement agency within the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions. Prior to any conditional offer of employment, the bill requires the hiring law-enforcement agency to request certain specified information from all prior law-enforcement agencies and to employ all reasonable means to obtain personnel records for law-enforcement officers transferring from an out-of-state or federal law-enforcement agency. The bill requires that upon the receipt of all requested information by the hiring law-enforcement agency, the applicant law-enforcement officer shall complete a sworn declaration that the provided information or records are, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, a true, correct, and complete response to such request. This bill is identical to SB 207."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1022"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1022 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tony O. Wilt"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2a32cd1-83bd-44fa-ab1f-459e70ad8ecc"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1022"
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source_hash: "e5224a5f9e1509f42e16939ee0267296e62002d1909a85154145607e410fafd6"
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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 1022 (2024) — Law-enforcement officers, certain; universal certification, necessary training.
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Universal certification for certain law-enforcement officers. Provides that any sworn law-enforcement officer with at least one year of experience (i) whose training qualifications meet or exceed current training standards established by the Board of Criminal Justice Services and who is in compliance with the minimum qualifications, (ii) who has not had a break in service of more than 24 months, and (iii) who is leaving the transferring agency in good standing with no pending investigations or disciplinary actions shall be eligible for employment at any law-enforcement agency within the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions. Prior to any conditional offer of employment, the bill requires the hiring law-enforcement agency to request certain specified information from all prior law-enforcement agencies and to employ all reasonable means to obtain personnel records for law-enforcement officers transferring from an out-of-state or federal law-enforcement agency. The bill requires that upon the receipt of all requested information by the hiring law-enforcement agency, the applicant law-enforcement officer shall complete a sworn declaration that the provided information or records are, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, a true, correct, and complete response to such request. This bill is identical to SB 207.
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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. **CHAP0542** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0542)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24107488D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1022H1)
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3. **Conference substitute printed 24109163D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1022H2)
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4. **HB1022ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1022ER)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103536D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1022)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N) — **1–98** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)
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- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103536D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-19** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1022)
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- **2024-02-08** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute printed 24107488D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1022H1)
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- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107488D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1022H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (10-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2024-02-26** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Senate amendment rejected by House (1-Y 99-N) `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-02-28** VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N)
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- **2024-03-01** Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-01** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-04** House acceded to request
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- **2024-03-04** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2024-03-04** Delegates: Sullivan, Clark, Wilt
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- **2024-03-05** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2024-03-05** Senators: Surovell, Boysko, Diggs
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- **2024-03-08** Amended by conference committee
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- **2024-03-08** Conference substitute printed 24109163D-H2
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- **2024-03-09** Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-09** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-09** Passed by temporarily
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- **2024-03-09** Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB1022H2)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1022ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1022ER)
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- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 542 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0542)
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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/b2a32cd1-83bd-44fa-ab1f-459e70ad8ecc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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