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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer; feasibility of establishing position."
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description: "Department of Military Affairs; feasibility of Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer; report. Directs the Department of Military Affairs to assess the feasibility of and develop recommendations related to establishing a Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer position within the Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Program to perform victim advocacy services. The bill requires the Adjutant General to report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice no later than November 1, 2026."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 34"
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citation: "Virginia HB 34 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joshua G. Cole"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-12-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a458377-7b28-4fc8-aefc-153cb59e26b3"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB34"
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source_hash: "12730d3464b0c28426ae5f075a76e1bbc529aba4a95b47148119dcf114edecd9"
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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 34 (2026) — Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer; feasibility of establishing position.
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Department of Military Affairs; feasibility of Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer; report. Directs the Department of Military Affairs to assess the feasibility of and develop recommendations related to establishing a Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Officer position within the Sexual Offense Prevention and Response Program to perform victim advocacy services. The bill requires the Adjutant General to report to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice no later than November 1, 2026.
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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/1082055.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218706.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1105132.PDF)
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4. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196276.PDF)
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5. **Public Safety Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1104297.HTML)
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6. **Public Safety Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100679.PDF)
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7. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101114.HTML)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210571.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **26–14** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **64–33** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **67–31** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) — **15–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101188D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-12-23** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB34)
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- **2026-01-16** Assigned HPS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-30** Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-04** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-05** Read third time and passed House (64-Y 33-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-06** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB34)
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Committee substitute printed 26109173D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-05** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB34)
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- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-09** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 14-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Senate substitute agreed to by House (67-Y 31-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB34ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB34)
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 550 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550)
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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/6a458377-7b28-4fc8-aefc-153cb59e26b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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