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type: "Bill"
title: "Interjurisdictional law-enforcement agreements; development of behavioral health co-response teams."
description: "Interjurisdictional law-enforcement agreements; behavioral health co-response teams. Provides that interjurisdictional law-enforcement agreements may allow for the development of co-response teams staffed by one or more law-enforcement agencies that respond to behavioral health-related calls in multiple jurisdictions. This bill is a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission. This bill is identical to HB 248."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "Virginia SB 317 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russet Perry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f69e2bf-5cab-4e07-8e9f-435f5f7b2f02"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB317"
source_hash: "e7a683113d6b8aff0a39fc340a5985c4a42a4e0450c6e671d284cfd785b24f07"
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 SB 317 (2026) — Interjurisdictional law-enforcement agreements; development of behavioral health co-response teams.
Interjurisdictional law-enforcement agreements; behavioral health co-response teams. Provides that interjurisdictional law-enforcement agreements may allow for the development of co-response teams staffed by one or more law-enforcement agencies that respond to behavioral health-related calls in multiple jurisdictions. This bill is a recommendation of the Behavioral Health Commission. This bill is identical to HB 248.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1088889.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218324.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1168709.PDF)
## Votes
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety — **200** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **390** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Russet Perry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102853D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB317)
- **2026-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-01-27** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-27** Passed by for the day
- **2026-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Reported from Public Safety (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB317ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB317)
- **2026-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 536 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-10** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0536)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f69e2bf-5cab-4e07-8e9f-435f5f7b2f02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).