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HB 1035 VA
Introduced

Public schools; school security and discipline, employment of school security officers, training.

VA · session 2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Feb 13, 2026) Continued to next session in Public Safety (Voice Vote)

Summary

Public schools; school security and discipline; employment of school security officers; training requirements. Amends the requirements for the training course of which an individual employed as a school security officer is required to submit proof of completion to the Department of Criminal Justice Services in order to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties by (i) eliminating the requirement that such training course include training in active shooter emergency response and, instead, requiring it to include training in critical incident preparedness and response and (ii) clarifying that such training course include training in behavioral threat assessment.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (6)

  1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101783D · lower
  2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
  3. Jan 19, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1035) · lower
  4. Feb 10, 2026 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
  5. Feb 12, 2026 Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote) · lower
  6. Feb 13, 2026 Continued to next session in Public Safety (Voice Vote) · lower

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  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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