HB 896 VA

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Substantial risk orders; Substantial Risk Order Training Program established; annual report. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish the Substantial Risk Order Training Program for the purposes of training law-enforcement agencies and other public institutions throughout the Commonwealth to use and implement the substantial risk order law. The bill directs all law-enforcement officers to receive training in the use and implementation of substantial risk orders. The bill requires the programming to provide training regarding proper procedures to follow, the circumstances under which the law can be used, the benefits to public safety from proper use of the law, and the harm that may ensue from the law not being used when lawfully available. The Program also includes efforts to educate the public on and increase awareness of the substantial risk order law. The bill requires the Department to report by November 1 each year to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security regarding the use of Program funds, details of the content of programming developed, and the effectiveness of the Program in assisting law-enforcement agencies and other public institutions in the use of the substantial risk order law. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to evaluate all potential funding sources for the Program and submit a report on its findings, including the availability of federal funding, to the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and for Courts of Justice and the House Committees on Appropriations and for Courts of Justice no later than November 1, 2026.

• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104815D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
3. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
4. Jan 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB896) · lower
5. Feb 5, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Feb 5, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N) · lower
7. Feb 6, 2026 Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) · lower
8. Feb 6, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety · lower
9. Feb 11, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) · lower
10. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) · lower
11. Feb 13, 2026 Read first time · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
13. Feb 16, 2026 committee amendments agreed to · lower
14. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House as amended · lower
15. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
16. Feb 18, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB896) · lower
17. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
18. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
19. Feb 23, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) · upper
20. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N) · upper
21. Mar 5, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109149D-S1 · upper
22. Mar 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
23. Mar 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
24. Mar 5, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
25. Mar 6, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
26. Mar 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB896) · lower
27. Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
28. Mar 10, 2026 Read third time · upper
29. Mar 10, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
30. Mar 10, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
31. Mar 10, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
32. Mar 11, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
33. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
34. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB896ER) · lower
35. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
36. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
37. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
38. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
39. Apr 1, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB896) · lower
40. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 696 (effective 7/1/2026) · 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.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Public Safety Amendment · HTML
• Public Safety Amendment · HTML
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML