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type: "Bill"
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title: "DCJS; standards and training for security at certain nonprofit institutions."
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description: "Department of Criminal Justice Services; standards and training for security at nonprofit institutions. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish statewide best practices, including training, for any law-enforcement officer, unarmed security officer, or armed security officer providing security services at nonprofit institutions that serve individuals and communities at risk of hate crimes within the Commonwealth."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2594"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2594 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["JJ Singh"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 61
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vote_count: 16
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first_action: "2025-01-13"
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last_action: "2025-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e65559a-858c-487f-9a88-fe3391a6f821"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2594"
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source_hash: "2b5e5b1144f395b555de5b267d73882532ac586ac6fa328860e2adb5035327a0"
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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 2594 (2025) — DCJS; standards and training for security at certain nonprofit institutions.
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Department of Criminal Justice Services; standards and training for security at nonprofit institutions. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish statewide best practices, including training, for any law-enforcement officer, unarmed security officer, or armed security officer providing security services at nonprofit institutions that serve individuals and communities at risk of hate crimes within the Commonwealth.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019047.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079279.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067599.HTML)
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4. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060404.PDF)
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5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073526.HTML)
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6. **Public Safety Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1027065.PDF)
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7. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074926.PDF)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069131.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 6-N) — **15–6** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by House (83-Y 16-N) — **83–16** (pass) · lower
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- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (87-Y 9-N) — **87–9** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Public Safety with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (13-Y 7-N) — **13–7** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (74-Y 23-N) — **74–23** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N) — **5–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N) — **0–96** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- JJ Singh — primary (person)
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- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103226D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-13** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2594)
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- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-24** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-24** Committee substitute printed 25105658D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-24** Reconsidered by Public Safety (Voice Vote)
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- **2025-01-24** Reported from Public Safety with substitute and referred to Appropriations (13-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-25** Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2594)
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- **2025-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Public Safety Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (74-Y 23-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Committee substitute printed 25107701D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2594)
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- **2025-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-19** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-02-20** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-20** Passed by temporarily
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- **2025-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
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- **2025-02-20** Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-20** House acceded to request
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- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2025-02-20** Senators: Perry, Deeds, Obenshain
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- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2025-02-20** Delegates: Singh, Simon, Batten
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- **2025-02-22** Amended by conference committee
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- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (83-Y 16-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2594ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2594)
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (87-Y 9-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (HB2594ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 667 (Effective 07/01/25) `became-law`
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- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667)
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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/5e65559a-858c-487f-9a88-fe3391a6f821`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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