HB 2597 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Child abuse and neglect; victims of sex trafficking, etc.

Summary
Requires a local department of social services to conduct a sex trafficking assessment upon receiving a complaint of suspected child abuse that is based upon information and allegations that a child is a victim of sex trafficking, provided that the local department has not determined that a separate investigation or family assessment is required. The bill also allows a child-protective services worker of a local department responding to such complaint to take the child victim into custody and allows the local department to maintain custody of the child for up to 72 hours without prior approval of a parent or guardian. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 9, 2019 Signed Mar 14, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2019

How they voted

370
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 14, 2019
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
8
Committee
11
Mar 14, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 381 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2597S1
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106816D-S1
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2597H1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105105D-H1
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Lower · Passed
Motion to refer to committee agreed to
lower
Jan 15, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 19104111D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors