HOUSE BILL NO. 2594

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations

on February 17, 2025)

(Patron Prior to Substitute—Delegate Singh)

A BILL to direct the Department of Criminal Justice Services to assess and analyze the potential establishment of statewide best practices, including training, for any law-enforcement officer, unarmed security officer, or armed security officer providing security services at nonprofit institutions that serve individuals and communities at risk of hate crimes within the Commonwealth and associated costs.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Criminal Justice Services is hereby directed to assess and analyze the potential establishment of statewide best practices, including training, for any law-enforcement officer, unarmed security officer, or armed security officer providing security services at nonprofit institutions that serve individuals and communities at risk of hate crimes within the Commonwealth and associated costs. The Department of Criminal Justice Services shall report on the findings and any recommendations from its assessment and analysis to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations and the House Committee on Appropriations no later than November 1, 2025.