HB896
Substantial Risk Order Training Program; established, delayed effective date, report.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 11, 2026
House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Rip Sullivan (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Substantial risk orders; Substantial Risk Order Training Program established; annual report.
Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish the 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 directs all law-enforcement officers to receive training in the use ... (More) and implementation of substantial risk orders. The bill requires the programming to 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 also includes efforts to educate the public on and increase awareness of the substantial risk order law. The bill requires the Department to report by November 1 each year to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security regarding the use of Program funds, details of the content of programming developed, and the effectiveness of the Program in assisting law-enforcement agencies and other public institutions in the use of the substantial risk order law. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104815D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/23/2026 - House: Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/26/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB896)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 02/05/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/05/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/05/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 02/06/2026 - House: Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/06/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/06/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 02/10/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/11/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee amendments agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/18/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB896)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26109149D-S1
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/06/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB896)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/11/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
