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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2564: Homeland Security, Bureau of; established, powers and duties, report.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2564 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Homeland Security, Bureau of; established, powers and duties, report. Primary sponsor: Amanda E. Batten. Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2025): Left in Rules.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Virginia State Police; Bureau of Homeland Security established; powers and duties; work group; report. Establishes the Bureau of Homeland Security within the Virginia State Police to coordinate efforts in the ongoing assessment of the Commonwealth's vulnerability to and ability to detect, prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism or potential threats to the security of the Commonwealth. The bill directs the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secure and Resilient Commonwealth Panel, the Department of Emergency Management, and the Department of State Police, to convene a work group to study the proper allocation of responsibilities for the detection of, prevention of, preparedness for, response to, and recovery from threats to the security of the Commonwealth and to report the findings of the work group to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Public Safety and the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology by November 1, 2025.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Amanda E. BattenPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Rules
  2. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2564)
  3. Referred to Committee on Rules
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104375D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source