SB 352 VA

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Law-enforcement officers; restrictions on wearing of facial coverings; exceptions; penalty. Prohibits any law-enforcement officer, defined in the bill, from wearing a facial covering, defined in the bill, while engaged in the performance of his official duties. The bill sets out several exceptions to such prohibition, including protective facial coverings to protect against disease, infection, and exposure to toxic substances and facial coverings worn by any law-enforcement officer assigned to a special weapons and tactics team while engaged in the performance of his official duties with such team. The bill subjects the law-enforcement officer to disciplinary action, including dismissal, demotion, suspension, transfer, or decertification, and creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any law-enforcement officer who wears a facial covering in violation of the provisions of the bill unless the law-enforcement agency that employs such law-enforcement officer has adopted and established a written policy for and restrictions on the use of facial coverings. The bill also directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop a model policy for and restrictions on the use of facial coverings by law-enforcement officers. This bill is identical to HB 1482.

• Saddam Azlan Salim Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100635D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
3. Jan 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB352) · upper
4. Jan 28, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
5. Jan 28, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) · upper
6. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N) · upper
7. Feb 5, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107147D-S1 · upper
8. Feb 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
9. Feb 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
10. Feb 5, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
11. Feb 6, 2026 Read second time · upper
12. Feb 6, 2026 Courts of Justice Amendments rejected · upper
13. Feb 6, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
14. Feb 6, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Feb 9, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
16. Feb 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB352) · upper
17. Feb 12, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
18. Feb 12, 2026 Read first time · lower
19. Feb 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
20. Feb 27, 2026 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 7-N) · lower
21. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108862D-H1 · lower
22. Mar 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB352) · upper
23. Mar 3, 2026 Read second time · lower
24. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · lower
25. Mar 4, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
26. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
27. Mar 4, 2026 Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
28. Mar 6, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) · upper
29. Mar 9, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
30. Mar 9, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
31. Mar 10, 2026 Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
32. Mar 10, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
33. Mar 10, 2026 Senate Conferees: Salim, Carroll Foy, Peake · upper
34. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
35. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Schmidt, Simon, Wilt · lower
36. Mar 13, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
37. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
38. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
39. Mar 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB352) · upper
40. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
41. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB352ER) · upper
42. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
43. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
44. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
45. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
46. Apr 1, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB352) · upper
47. Apr 12, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by Senate · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Governor Substitute · PDF
• Governor Substitute · HTML
• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Amendment · HTML
• Courts of Justice Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML