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2024 SESSION

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HB 637 Substantial Risk Order Training Program; Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish.

Introduced by: Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Substantial risk orders; training program. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a 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 states that the programming shall 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 shall also include efforts to educate the public on and increase awareness of the substantial risk order law.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105028D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/02/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106557D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/07/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB637ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House committee amendments reported
• House amendments not adopted
• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105028D
• 01/09/24  House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
• 01/16/24  House: Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
• 01/25/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 2-N)
• 01/25/24  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/26/24  House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
• 01/26/24  House: Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N)
• 01/26/24  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/31/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
• 02/02/24  House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
• 02/02/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24106557D-H1
• 02/06/24  House: Read first time
• 02/07/24  House: Read second time
• 02/07/24  House: Committee on Public Safety amendments rejected
• 02/07/24  House: Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24106557D-H1
• 02/07/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB637H1
• 02/08/24  House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N)
• 02/08/24  House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 46-N)
• 02/09/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/09/24  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/26/24  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
• 02/26/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/28/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
• 02/29/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/24  Senate: Read third time
• 03/01/24  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 03/04/24  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/24  Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
• 03/07/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/07/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB637ER)
• 03/07/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/08/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 03/26/24  Governor: Vetoed by Governor
• 04/17/24  House: House sustained Governor's veto