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VA HB 1257

died on adjournment

Law-enforcement agencies; use of certain technologies & interrogation practices; forensic laboratory

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Law-enforcement agencies; use of certain technologies and interrogation practices; forensic laboratory accreditation. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a comprehensive framework for the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning systems, audiovisual surveillance technologies, and custodial and noncustodial interrogations of adults and juveniles by law-enforcement agencies, which shall include (i) developing policies and procedures and publishing model policies for the use of generative AI, machine learning systems, and audiovisual surveillance technologies and interrogation practices and (ii) establishing compulsory minimum training standards for basic training and recertification of law-enforcement officers on the use of generative AI, machine learning systems, audiovisual surveillance technologies, and conducting interrogations. The bill provides that the Department shall establish and publish such model policies by January 1, 2027, and that all law-enforcement agencies shall adopt policies consistent with such model policies by July 1, 2027. The bill requires any person employed as a law-enforcement officer prior to July 1, 2026, to complete the training required by the bill by January 1, 2030. The bill also prohibits local law-enforcement agencies and campus police departments from purchasing any equipment or instrument that is intended to be used in forensic laboratory analysis or any breath test device, presumptive chemical test, or presumptive mobile instrument unless such equipment, instrument, device, or test has been approved by the Department of Forensic Science or the Forensic Science Board. Such provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2030.

Introduced
2026-01-14
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-02 — Continued to next session in Communications, Technology and Innovation (Voice Vote)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Jackie H. Glassprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-14

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103277D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-14

    Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-29

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1257)

  4. 2026-02-02

    Continued to next session in Communications, Technology and Innovation (Voice Vote)

  5. 2026-02-02

    Continued to next session in Communications, Technology and Innovation (Voice Vote)

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Related bills

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Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1257

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