HB 508 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Child day program employees and volunteers; background checks, dissemination of information.

Summary
Department of Education; background checks for child day program employees and volunteers; dissemination of information in certain circumstances. Requires the Department of Education, upon receiving a written request for a written certification from an individual, to provide written certification to an entity designated by the Department that provides staffing for child day programs that such individual satisfies all requirements set forth in relevant law and is eligible to serve as an employee, temporary employee, or volunteer in a child day program. The bill further provides that (i) each such written certification shall also state the date by which the individual is required to complete a new background check in accordance with the periodic requirement for such background checks, (ii) no such written certification shall reveal the nature of any disqualifying barrier crime committed by or founded complaint of child abuse or neglect against the individual, and (iii) any such written certification may be shared among child day programs for the purpose of facilitating the creation and maintenance of a child day program substitute staff pool system.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 8, 2024 Signed Apr 2, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 2, 2024

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 26, 2024
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Apr 2, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 289 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB508ER)
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors