SB1194
Law-enforcement agencies and officers; establishing training curriculum on certain arrests.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Department of Criminal Justice Services; training on certain arrests.
Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a training course for law-enforcement agencies and officers on the discretion such officers can exercise regarding certain arrests. The bill requires that such training include (i) instruction on the scope and nature of law-enforcement officer discretion in arrest decisions, with particular ... (More) emphasis on encounters with individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, including individuals currently subject to an emergency custody order, a temporary detention order, or an involuntary admission order, and (ii) instruction on the immediate and long-term effects of arrests on individuals in need of mental health services due to a mental health crisis, including impacts on treatment outcomes as identified in substantially accepted peer-reviewed research literature by January 1, 2026. The bill requires any person employed as a law-enforcement officer prior to January 1, 2026, to complete such training by July 1, 2026 and biennially thereafter, and any person employed as a law-enforcement officer after January 1, 2026 to complete the training within one year of his date of hire and biennially thereafter. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103606D
- 01/08/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1194)
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25106653D-S1
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1194)
- 02/07/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/07/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/07/2025 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 02/10/2025 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 5-N)
- 02/10/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25107003D-H1
- 02/12/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1194)
- 02/13/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/13/2025 - House: Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 02/13/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/13/2025 - House: Passed House with substitute (59-Y 37-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N)
- 02/18/2025 - House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/18/2025 - House: House requested conference committee
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Senators: Deeds, Carroll Foy, Obenshain
- 02/20/2025 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/20/2025 - House: Delegates: Watts, Hope, Hodges
- 02/22/2025 - Amended by conference committee
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Conference substitute printed 25108057D-S2
- 02/22/2025 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (58-Y 39-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1194)
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1194ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1194)
- 03/11/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 03/24/2025 - Senate: Governor's substitute printed (SB1194S3)
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/02/2025 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (89-Y 7-N)
- 04/02/2025 - Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1194ER2)
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/02/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/02/2025 - House: Enacted, Chapter 619 (Effective 07/01/2025)
- 04/02/2025 - Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)
