republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-586.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement officers; training standards."
description: "Training standards for law-enforcement officers; comprehensive harm reduction program; drug use. Requires theDepartment of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standardsand publish and periodically update model policies for law-enforcementpersonnel for a comprehensive harm reduction program that promotesscientifically proven methods of mitigating health risks associatedwith drug use and other high-risk behaviors, including the use ofnaloxone or other opioid antagonists to prevent opioid overdose deaths,in coordination with statewide naloxone training programs developedby the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Servicesand the Virginia Department of Health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 586"
citation: "Virginia HB 586 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adele Y. McClure"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/605cae75-528c-4fcc-891c-027c2abf80fe"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB586"
source_hash: "ba74a2d22738f236795a101e0e76ad4196183f42d3e2325fc75bbd4eee9b35f3"
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 586 (2024) — Law-enforcement officers; training standards.

Training standards for law-enforcement officers; comprehensive harm reduction program; drug use. Requires theDepartment of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standardsand publish and periodically update model policies for law-enforcementpersonnel for a comprehensive harm reduction program that promotesscientifically proven methods of mitigating health risks associatedwith drug use and other high-risk behaviors, including the use ofnaloxone or other opioid antagonists to prevent opioid overdose deaths,in coordination with statewide naloxone training programs developedby the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Servicesand the Virginia Department of Health.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0141** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0141)
2. **HB586ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB586ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101960D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB586)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24101960D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB586E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) — **51–46** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 3-N) — **4–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101960D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB586)
- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 3-N)
- **2024-02-02** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Engrossed by House as amended HB586E
- **2024-02-07** Printed as engrossed 24101960D-E
- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House (52-Y 46-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB586E)
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-27** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB586ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB586ER)
- **2024-03-01** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 141 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0141)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/605cae75-528c-4fcc-891c-027c2abf80fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).