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Law-enforcement officers; restrictions on wearing of facial coverings; exceptions; penalty. Prohibits certain state and federal law-enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings, defined in the bill, while engaged in the performance of their official duties. The bill sets out several exceptions to such prohibition, including protective facial coverings to protect against disease, infection, and exposure to toxic substances and facial coverings worn by any law-enforcement officer assigned to a special weapons and tactics team while engaged in the performance of his official duties with such team. The bill subjects the law-enforcement officer to disciplinary action, including dismissal, demotion, suspension, transfer, or decertification, and creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any law-enforcement officer who wears a facial covering in violation of the provisions of the bill unless the law-enforcement agency that employs such law-enforcement officer has adopted and established a written policy for and restrictions on the use of facial coverings. The bill also directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop a model policy for and restrictions on the use of facial coverings by law-enforcement officers.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 14, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 10 co
Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
Conference Report released
Conferees appointed by House
House Conferees: Schmidt, Simon, Wilt
Conferees appointed by Senate
Senate Conferees: Salim, Carroll Foy, Peake
Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
House insisted on substitute
House requested conference committee
House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
committee substitute agreed to
Passed House with substitute (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Read third time
Read second time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB352)
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
Committee substitute printed 26108862D-H1
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB352)
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Courts of Justice Amendments rejected
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Committee substitute printed 26107147D-S1
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
Senate committee offered
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB352)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100635D
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Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
Saddam Azlan Salim
Jennifer B. Boysko
R. Creigh Deeds
Adam P. Ebbin
Barbara A. Favola
Michael J. Jones
Mamie E. Locke
Scott A. Surovell
Angelia Williams Graves
Jessica L. Anderson
Rozia A. Henson, Jr.