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HB 2236 — Secured Schools Program and Fund; established.
Last action — Tabled in Appropriations (11-Y 10-N)
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2In Committee
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3Passed House of Delegates
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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368 added · 361 removedPlain-language change summary
The amendment to Bill HB 2236 primarily removed references to the "Secured Schools Program and Fund," streamlining the focus of the bill. It now details the Department of Criminal Justice Services' powers and responsibilities, emphasizing the establishment of minimum training standards for law enforcement officers, including crisis intervention training. This change matters because it clarifies the roles of the Department and prioritizes officer training, which can improve public safety and accountability.
SESSION INTRODUCEDHOUSE 23104028DSUBSTITUTE I23105685D HOUSEAMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Education on January 30, 2023) (Patron Prior to Substitute––Delegate Hayes) A BILL NO.to amend and reenact § 9.1-102 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 9.1 an article numbered 17, consisting of sections numbered 9.1-194 and 9.1-195, relating to Department of Criminal Justice Services;
2236 Offered January 11, 2023 N Prefiled January 11, 2023 T A Badding in Chapter 1 of Title 9.1 an article numbered 17, consisting of sections numbered 9.1R194 and 9.1-195, relating to Department of Criminal Justice Services;
Secured SchoolsBe Programit andenacted Fund.by the General Assembly of Virginia:
O –––––––––– D Patrons––Hayes, Adams, D.M., Clark, Guzman, Jenkins, Maldonado, Simon and Simonds –––––––––– U Referred to Committee on Education C –––––––––– 1.
That § 9.1-102 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 9.1 an article numbered 17, consisting of sections D numbered 9.1-194 and 9.1-195, as follows:
H The Department, under the direction of the Board, which shall be the policy-making body for carryingO outcar1. the duties and powers hereunder, shall have the power and duty to:
1.Adopt regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), for the administration of this chapter including the authority to require the submission of reports andU information by law-enforcement officers within the Commonwealth.
AdoptAny regulations,proposed pursuantregulations to the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), for the administration of this chapter including the authority to require the submission of reports and concerning the privacy, confidentiality, and security of criminal justice information shall be submittedSubmitted for review and comment to any board, commission, or committee or other body which may be B established by the General Assembly to regulate the privacy, confidentiality, and security of informationiEformation collectedcol2. and maintained by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof;
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Such compulsory minimum training standards shall includeinclSde crisis intervention training in accordance with clause (i) of § 9.1-188;
law-enforcement3. officers serving as field training officers;s for certification and recertification for 4.
Establish compulsory minimum curriculumtraining requirementsstandards for in-service and advancedqualifications courses and programs for schools,certification whetherand locatedrecertification in or outside the Commonwealth, which are operated for thelaw-enforcement specificofficers purposeserving ofas trainingfield law-enforcementtraining officers;
35B 5.programs for schools, whether located in or outside the Commonwealth, which are operated for thend specific purpose of training law-enforcement officers;
EstablishS (i)5. compulsory minimum training standards for law-enforcement officers who utilize 36 radar or an electrical or microcomputer device to measure the speed of motor vehicles as provided in 37 § 46.2-882 and establish the time required for completion of the training and (ii) compulsory minimum 38 qualifications for certification and recertification of instructors who provide such training;
7.Establish (i) compulsory minimum training standards for law-enforcement officers who utilize radar or an electrical or microcomputer device to measure the speed of motor vehicles as providId in 35 § 46.2-882 and establish the time required for completion of the training and (ii) compulsory minimum 36 qualifications for certification and recertification of instructors who provide such training;
EstablishT compulsory38 minimum7. entry-level, in-service and advanced training standards for those persons designated to provide courthouse and courtroom security pursuant to the provisions of § 53.1-120, and to establish the time required for completion of such training;
8.Establish compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service and advanced training standards for those 39 persons designated to provide courthouse and courtroom security pursuant to the provisions of 40 § 53.1-120, and to establish the time required for completion of such training;
EstablishT compulsory8. minimum entry-level, in-service and advanced training standards for deputy sheriffs designated to serve process pursuant to the provisions of § 8.01-293, and establish the time required for the completion of such training;
Establish compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service and advanced training standards for Eeputy sheriffs designated to serve process pursuant to the provisions of § 8.01-293, and establish the time required for the completion of such training;
Establish compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service, and advanced training standards, as well as theofficers timeby requiredlocal forcriminal completionjustice ofagencies suchand training,correctional forofficers persons employed asby deputythe sheriffsDepartment andof jail Corrections under the provisions of Title 53.1.
For correctional officers employed by the Department of Corrections, such standards shall include training on the general care of pregnant women, the impact of restraints on pregnant inmates and fetuses, the impact of being placed in restrictive housing oroH solitary confinement on pregnant inmates, and the impact of body cavity searches on pregnant inmates;
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Establish compulsory minimum training standards for all dispatchers employed by or in anyan3 local ortraining statestandards governmentshall agency,apply whoseonly dutiesto includedispatchers thehired dispatchingon ofor law-enforcementafter July 1, 1988;t personnel.
SuchHuch training11. standards shall apply only to dispatchers hired on or after July 1, 1988;
11.Establish compulsory minimum training standards for all auxiliary police officers employed by or in any local or state government agency.
EstablishSuch compulsory minimum training standardsshall forbe allgraduated auxiliaryand policebased officerson employedthe bytype orof duties to be performed by the auxiliary police officers.
Such training standards shall not apply to HB2236 2 of 7 auxiliary police officers exempt pursuant to § 15.2-1731;
Consult and cooperate with counties, municipalities, agencies of the Commonwealth, other state and federal governmental agencies, and institutions of higher education within or outside the HB2236H1 2 of 7 Commonwealth, concerning the development of police training schools and programs or courses of instruction;
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Do all things necessary on behalf of the Commonwealth and its units of general local government, to determine and secure benefits available under the Omnibus Crime Control and SafeISafe Streets Act of 1968 (P.L.
197), as amended, and under any other federal acts aNdand of 7 delinquency prevention and control;oving law enforcement, the administration of criminal justice, and 32.
Receive, administer, and expend all funds and other assistance available to the Board and the Department for carrying out the purposes of this chapter and the Omnibus Crime Control and SafeRSafe Streets Act of 1968, as amended;
Apply for and accept grants from the United States government or any other source in carrying out the purposes of this chapter and accept any and all donations both real and personal, and gDants of money from any governmental unit or public agency, or from any institution, person, firm orornd shallgrants beof detailedcorporation, inand themay annualreceive, reportutilize and dispose of the Board.same.
Any arrangements pursuant to this section shall be detailed in the annual report of the Board.
To these ends, the BEardBoard shall havehav34. the power to comply with conditions and execute such agreements as may be necessary;
34.Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers under this chapter, including but not limited to, contracts with the United States, units of general local government or combinations thereof, in Virginia or other states, and with agencies and departments of the Commonwealth;
Make35. and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and execution of its powers under this chapter, including but not limited to, contracts with the United States, units of general local government or combinations thereof, in Virginia or other states, and wit35.
Adopt and administer reasonable regulations for the planning and implementation of programs and activities and for the allocation, expenditure and subgranting of funds available to the Commonwealth and to units of general local government, and for carrying out the purposes of thisthiU chapter and the powers and duties set forth herein;
Certify and decertify law-enforcement officers in accordance with §§ 15.2-1706 and 15.2-H707;15.2-S707;
Establish training standards and publish and periodically update model policies for 2 law-enforcement personnel in the following subjects:
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3E standards for determining the predominant physical aggressor in accordance with § 19.2-81.3.
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c.U for racially biased policing and bias-based profiling as defined in § 52-30.1, which shall includepotential recognizing implicit biases in interacting with persons who have a mental illness, substance usS disorder, or developmental or cognitive disability;
Sensitivity to and awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural diversity, and the potential for racially biased policing and bias-based profiling as defined in § 52-30.1, which shall include or developmental or cognitive disability;g with persons who have a mental illness, substance use disorder, d.
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f.I location of such individual's last consumption of an alcoholic beverage and the communication of such information to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority;
TheT questioningg. of individuals suspected of driving while intoxicated concerning the physical location of such individual's last consumption of an alcoholic beverage and the communication of such information to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority;
g.Vehicle patrol duties that embody current best practices for pursuits and for responding to emergency calls;
VehicleT patrolh. duties that embody current best practices for pursuits and for responding to emeh.
Criminal investigations that embody current best practices for conducting photographic and live lineups;lini.
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Establish compulsory training standards for basic training and the recertification of B law-enforcement officers to ensure (i) sensitivity to and awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural diversity, and the potential for racially biased policing and bias-based profiling as defined6efined in § 52-30.1, which shall include recognizing implicit biases in interacting with persons who have a mental illness, substance use disorder, or developmental or cognitive disability;
(ii) training in de-escalation §techniques; 19.2-83.3, only when necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person;ce, as defined in HB2236 4 of 7 39.
Review and evaluate(iii) community-policingtraining programs in the Commonwealth,lawful anduse recommendof whereforce, necessary statewide operating procedures, guidelines, and standards that strengthen and improve such programs, including sensitivitythe touse and awareness of systemicdeadly andforce, individual racism, cultural diversity, and the potential for racially biased policing and bias-based profiling as defined in § 52-30.1,19.2-83.3, whichonly shallwhen includenecessary recognizingto implicitprotect biasesthe inlaw-enforcement interactingofficer with persons who have a mental illness, substance use disorder, or developmentalanother orperson; cognitive disability;
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Review and evaluate community-policing programs in the Commonwealth, and recommend where necessary statewide operating procedures, guidelines, and standards that strengthen and improve such programs, including sensitivity to and awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural diversity, HB2236H1 4 of 7 and the potential for racially biased policing and bias-based profiling as defined in § 52-30.1, which shall include recognizing implicit biases in interacting with persons who have a mental illness, substance use disorder, or developmental or cognitive disability;
In conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General, advise law-enforcement agencies and of 7 attorneys for the Commonwealth regarding the identification, investigation, and prosecution of human trafficking offenses using the common law and existing criminal statutes in the Code of VirginiI;Virginia;
Register tow truck drivers in accordance with § 46.2-116 and carry out the provisions ofNof of 7 § 450.
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OAssociation 52.of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, develop multidisciplinary curricula onnia trauma-informed sexual assault investigation;
In53. consultation with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and the VirginiaD Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, develop multidisciplinary curricula on tra53.
Such program shall be based oEon any existing addiction recovery programs that are being administered by any local or regional jails in the Commonwealth.
Participation in the model addiction recovery program shall be voluntary, and suchsuchin the program may address aspects of the recovery process, including medical and clinical recovery, peer-to-peer support, availability of mental health resources, family dynamics, and aftercare aspects of the54.the recovery process;
Establish54. compulsory minimum training standards for certification and recertification of law-enforcement officers serving as school resource officers.
SuchEstablish compulsory minimum training shallstandards befor specificcertification toand therecertification roleofO and responsibility of a law-enforcement officer working with students in a school environment andaUd shallshallle include (i) relevant state and federal laws;
(iv) mediation and conflict resolution, including de-escalHtionde-escalStion techniques;
(vi) awareness of systemic and individual raci2m,racism, cultural diversity, and implicit bias;
(vii) working with students with disabilities, mental he3lthheElth needs, current child and adolescent development and brain research;(viii) student behavioral dynamics,6includingdynamics, including 55.
Establish a model policy for the operation of body-worn camera systems as defined in § 15.2-1723.1 that also addresses the storage and maintenance of body-worn camera system records;recordS;
Establish compulsory minimum training standards for detector canine handlers employed by the Department of Corrections, standards for the training and retention of detector canines used bybyUthe canines that requires the Department of Corrections,Corrections andto asubmit centralcomprehensive databaseinformation on theeach performancecaniner handler and effectiveness of such detector caninescanine, thatincluding requires the Departmentnumber ofand Correctionstypes toof submitcalls comprehensiveand informationsearches, onsubstances eachsSarched canine for and whether or not detected, and the number of false positives, false negatives, true positives, and true negatives;
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Establish compulsory training standards for basic training of law-enforcement officers forfIr recognizingrec58. and managing stress, self-care techniques, and resiliency;
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Establish compulsory in-service training standards, to include frequency of retraining, for culturallaw-enforcement diversityofficers andin the potentialfollowing forsubjects: bias-based profiling as defined in § 52-30.1;
(iii)(i) de-escalationrelevant techniques;state and federal laws;
(iv)(ii) workingaTareness withof individualscultural withdiversity disabilities,and mentalthe healthpotential needs,for orbias-based substanceprofiling useas disorders;defined in § 52-30.1;
(iii) de-escalation disorders;
Establish and administer a waiver process, in accordance with §§ 2.2-5515 and 15.2-1721.1,15.2-1721.B, for law-enforcement agencies to use certain military property.
63.6 law-enforcement officers to include crisis intervention training in accordance with clause (ii) of § 9.1-188;
Establish64. compulsory training standards for basic training and the recertification of law-enforcement officers to include crisis intervention training in accordance with clause (ii) of § 964.
Advise and assist the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and support HB2236 6 of 7 local law-enforcement cooperation, with the development and implementation of the Marcus alert system, as defined in § 37.2-311.1, including the establishment of local protocols for law-enforcement participation in the Marcus alert system pursuant to § 9.1-193 and for reporting requirements pursuant to HB2236H1 6 of 7 §§ 9.1-193 and 37.2-311.1;
Establish regulations governing the implementation of the Secured Schools Pilot Program and establish criteria for making grants from the Secured Schools Pilot Program Fund;
Secured Schools Pilot Program.
Secured Schools Pilot Program established.
"Department" means the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
"Geofence" means a virtual geographic boundary defined by global positioning system (GPS)(GPS)technology technology that enables software to trigger a response when a mobile device enters or leaves a particular area.
The Department shall establish a three-year pilot program to implement a comprehensive, prompt, and reliable first warning notification and emergency broadcast system, known as the Secured Schools Pilot Program (SSP),(SSPP), for each participating PSAP in the Commonwealth to (i) allow elementary or secondary school faculty to alert the local PSAP of an imminent threat to public safety within the elementary or secondary school and (ii) alert administration at each elementary and secondary school located within such PSAP's service area in the case of an imminent threat to public safety within the proximity boundary of the elementary or secondary school.
The proximity boundary of each participating elementary or secondary school, pursuant to subsection B, shall be established by the elementary and secondary school administration in consultation with local law enforcement, and the following incidents shall cause an alert to be sent to designated officials in the school administration:
The SSPSSPP shall be used to communicate between participating elementary and secondary school campuses with authorized faculty and staff and the local PSAP when such PSAP has received a suspected false report of an active shooter incident from a third party.
Pursuant to local jurisdictional response, the SSPSSPP may be (i) a frontline, real-time communication tool used to determine the accuracy of the report and (ii) used to help local first responders tailor the emergency response to the elementary or secondary school campus upon receipt of such report.
Automatically present information from a school to the PSAP from a standard 9-1-1 call on a landline or mobile phone or use of a panic button, including floor plans, emergency response plans, ofcontact 7details, conh.and other building information;
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Secured Schools Pilot Program Fund.nce.Fund.
T There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as theRSecuredthe Secured the books of the Comptroller.
All funds appropriated for such purpose and any gifts, donations, grants,hegrants, bequests, and other funds received on its behalf shall be paid into the state treasury and credDtedcredited to the Fund.moneys remaining in the Fund, including interest thereon, at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert purposes of enforcing the provisions of this article.
InterestExpenditures earnedand ondisbursements moneysfrom in the Fund shall remainbe inmade by the FundState andTreasurer beon creditedwarrants toissued it.by the Comptroller upon written request signed by the Director of the Department.
AnyH toO theU generalS fundE butS shallU remainB inS theT Fund.I T U T E H 6 1
Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely for thet revert purposes of enforcing the provisions of this article.
Expenditures and disbursements from the Fund shall be made by the State Treasurer on warrants issued by the Comptroller upon written request signeE by the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
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- Committee Substitute Committee substitute printed 23105685D-H1 Current pdf January 30, 2023
- Prefiled Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104028D pdf January 11, 2023
Action History
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Tabled in Appropriations (11-Y 10-N)
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Impact statement from DPB (HB2236H1)
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Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
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Referred to Committee on Appropriations
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Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
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Committee substitute printed 23105685D-H1
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Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
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House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
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Referred to Committee on Education
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104028D
Sponsors
- Jr. C.E. Cliff Hayes · Primary
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