Virginia House Bill 896 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0454)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Background checks; certain private school employees. Requires the governing board or administrator of a private elementary or secondary school that is accredited pursuant to § 22.1-19 of the Code of Virginia that operates a child welfare agency regulated by the Department of Social Services to accept evidence of a background check conducted by the Department of Social Services in lieu of a background check in accordance with the requirements governing private schools, beginning on July 1, 2016. The bill also requires governing boards or administrators of private schools accredited pursuant to § 22.1-19 to require, as a condition of employment, that any applicant who is offered or who accepts employment requiring direct contact with students provide written consent and personal information necessary to obtain a search of the central registry of founded complaints of child abuse and neglect maintained by the Department of Social Services beginning on July 1, 2016.

Private school employees, certain; requirement of background checks.

Del. Thomas Greason [R]

2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-16 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-09 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-09 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 24 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0454)
2016-03-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454)
2016-03-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 454 (effective - see bill)
2016-03-07		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
2016-03-07	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016
2016-03-05	Senate	Signed by President
2016-03-02	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-03-02	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB896ER)
2016-03-02	House	Enrolled
2016-02-29	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	Senate	Read third time
2016-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-25	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2016-02-17	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2016-02-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2016-02-16	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2016-02-16	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2016-02-15	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB896H1
2016-02-15	House	Committee substitute agreed to 16105002D-H1
2016-02-15	House	Read second time
2016-02-12	House	Read first time
2016-02-10	House	Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2016-02-09	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2016-02-09	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2016-02-09	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2016-02-09	House	Committee substitute printed 16105002D-H1
2016-02-09	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2016-01-20	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
2016-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2016-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103837D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	1720.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1724	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1725	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB896
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB896+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB896H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB896ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0454+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H12V0084+HB0896
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H0206V0006+HB0896
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H02V0016+HB0896
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0574+HB0896
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S04V0212+HB0896
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0676HB0896+HB0896
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0693HB0896+HB0896
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0716HB0896+HB0896
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0717HB0896+HB0896