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Virginia · 2027 Regular Session
HB1257Law-enforcement agencies; use of certain technologies & interrogation practices; forensic lab.
Direction
FirearmsotherAI label
=No change to gun accessmodel confidence 70%
Requires training standards for law-enforcement officers who carry firearms in school security roles, including active shooter response, which maintains existing firearm carry rules without adding or removing restrictions on civilian or officer firearm access.
The Department shall require any school security officer who carries a firearm in the performance of his duties to provide proof that he has completed a training course provided by a federal, state, or local law-enforcement agency that includes training in active shooter emergency response, emergency evacuation procedure, and threat assessment;
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TransgenderotherAI label
=No change to transgender recognition & accessmodel confidence 60%
Adds training on awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural diversity, and implicit bias for school security officers, which does not change legal recognition of or access to services for transgender people.
awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural diversity, and implicit bias;
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Immigration enforcementotherAI label
=No change to immigration enforcementmodel confidence 80%
Establishes comprehensive frameworks, model policies, and compulsory training for law-enforcement use of generative AI, audiovisual surveillance technologies (including license plate readers), and interrogation practices, which regulates but does not expand or restrict the scope of immigration-enfor
Establish a comprehensive framework for the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning systems by law-enforcement agencies within the Commonwealth
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill primarily amends law-enforcement training standards, adds frameworks for AI/surveillance/interrogation use, and requires forensic lab accreditation. It touches firearms only via existing school security officer firearm training (neutral on access), mentions cultural diversity/implicit bias without transgender-specific rules (neutral), regulates police tech and questioning without changing immigration enforcement scope (neutral), and covers pregnant inmate care without affecting child custody or support rules. No provisions on abortion, personhood, or other listed topics.
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SB845Pregnant & postpartum inmates; reporting requirements of state, regional, & local correctional fac.=No change to abortion access↓Restricts immigration enforcement Committee
HB240Admission to bail; fixing terms of bail, mental health considerations.↓Restricts gun access Committee
HB623Forfeiture of certain weapons; petition for return by Commonwealth.↑Expands gun access Committee
HB778Pop-up events; local enhanced enforcement actions.↓Restricts gun access Committee