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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session
HB1257Law-enforcement agencies; use of certain technologies & interrogation practices; forensic lab.
Direction
FirearmsotherAI label
=No change to gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Adds compulsory minimum training standards for law-enforcement officers on the use of generative AI, audiovisual surveillance technologies (including license plate readers), and interrogation practices, with no provisions that change rules on buying, owning, carrying or accessing firearms.
Establish a comprehensive framework for the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning systems by law-enforcement agencies within the Commonwealth
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Filed (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2026-02-02: Continued to next session in Communications, Technology and Innovation (Voice Vote)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends law-enforcement training standards to add requirements and model policies on generative AI/machine learning, audiovisual surveillance technologies (including license plate readers), and interrogation practices (including limits on deceptive techniques). These provisions do not address buying, selling, owning, carrying, or accessing firearms or ammunition, so they produce no change on the firearms axis. The bill also updates forensic lab accreditation and definitions but contains no relevant provisions for the other tracked topics.
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HB778Pop-up events; local enhanced enforcement actions.↓Restricts gun access Committee
HB919Retail Sales and Use Tax; impose firearm and ammunition tax.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Committee
Hearings and calendar
2026-02-02 10:00 · Hearing · House Communications, Technology and Innovation Hearing House Committee Room C - 206