Virginia Senate Bill 622 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-03 - Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Mandatory reporting of child abuse; penalty; damages. Adds individuals associated with or employed by any public organization responsible for the care, custody, or control of children, any person employed by a public or private institution of higher education, and any other person with responsibility for the care, control, or custody of children to the list of individuals required to report suspected child abuse or neglect. The bill increases the penalty for failure of a person required to make a mandatory report of suspected child abuse or neglect from $500 for the first failure and not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for any subsequent failures to a Class 1 misdemeanor, except that in cases involving sexual abuse or that result in serious bodily injury to or death of a child, the individual is guilty of a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides that any individual who suffers a loss as a result of the failure of a person required to make a mandatory report to make the required report shall be entitled to a civil action to recover damages, attorney fees, and court costs.

Child abuse; mandatory reporting, penalty.

Sen. John Petersen [D]

2012-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-03		Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
2012-02-03		Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
2012-02-03		Senate: Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services
2012-01-30		Senate: Assigned Rehab sub: Social Services
2012-01-20		Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2012-01-20		Senate: Presented and ordered printed 12104181D

SB239 (Similar To) 2012-04-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0815)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	1509	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB622
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB622+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S09V0035+SB0622