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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 676: School resource officers; establishment of minimum employment qualifications prohibited.

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 676 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: School resource officers; establishment of minimum employment qualifications prohibited. Primary sponsor: Chris Runion (Republican). Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Education.

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.

Department of Criminal Justice Services; school resource officers; establishment of minimum employment qualifications prohibited. Prohibits the Department of Criminal Justice Services from establishing minimum qualifications for the employment of school resource officers, including any minimum age or experience requirement, or providing guidance or standards or adopting regulations relating to such minimum qualifications unless expressly authorized by law.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris RunionPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse35

“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 Education
  2. Continued to 2025 in Education (Voice Vote)
  3. Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
  4. Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
  5. Impact statement from DPB (HB676)
  6. Referred to Committee on Education
  7. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101906D

Sources

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