Virginia Senate Bill 897 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 24 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Child care providers; criminal history background check; penalty. Requires the following individuals to undergo a fingerprint-based national criminal history background check: (i) applicants for employment by, employees of, applicants to serve as volunteers with, and volunteers with any licensed family day system, child day center exempt from licensure pursuant to § 63.2-1716, registered family day home, or family day home approved by a family day system; (ii) applicants for licensure as a family day system, registration as a family day home, or approval as a family day home by a family day system, as well as their agents and any adult living in such family day home; and (iii) individuals who apply for or enter into a contract with the Department of Social Services under which a child day center, family day home, or child day program will provide child care services funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant, as well as the applicant's current or prospective employees and volunteers, agents, and any adult living in the child day center or family day home. The bill also mandates that all background checks required pursuant to §§ 63.2-1720.1 and 63.2-1721.1 be completed by September 30, 2017, or by the date specified on any federal waiver obtained by the Commonwealth, and every five years thereafter. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2018. The bill further provides that if any provision of the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 establishing a corresponding requirement is repealed prior to July 1, 2018, the provision of the bill establishing such requirement shall expire upon the date of such repeal. This bill is identical to HB 1568.

Child care providers; criminal history background check; penalty.

Sen. Jennifer Wexton [D]

Sen. Emmett Hanger [R]

2017-02-15 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (77-Y 22-N) (Y: 77 N: 22 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-13 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 1-N) (Y: 20 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-09 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (16-Y 6-N) (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) (Y: 38 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-24		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751)
2017-03-24		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 751 (effective 7/1/17)
2017-02-21		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
2017-02-21	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
2017-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-20	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB897ER)
2017-02-20	Senate	Enrolled
2017-02-15	Senate	House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2017-02-15	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (77-Y 22-N)
2017-02-15	House	Passed House with amendments (77-Y 22-N)
2017-02-15	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2017-02-15	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2017-02-15	House	Read third time
2017-02-14	House	Read second time
2017-02-13	House	Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 1-N)
2017-02-09	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2017-02-09	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2017-02-09	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (16-Y 6-N)
2017-02-02	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2017-02-02	House	Read first time
2017-02-02	House	Placed on Calendar
2017-01-30	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
2017-01-27	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB897S1
2017-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 17104091D-S1
2017-01-27	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2017-01-27	Senate	Read second time
2017-01-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-01-25	Senate	Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
2017-01-13	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2017-01-13	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
2017-01-13	Senate	Committee substitute printed 17104091D-S1
2016-12-21	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2016-12-21	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100203D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	1720	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1721.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1722	(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?171+sum+SB897
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB897+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB897S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB897ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0751+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S09V0010+SB0897
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S05V0103+SB0897
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0141SB0897+SB0897
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0182SB0897+SB0897
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H12V0179+SB0897
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H02V0144+SB0897
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV2344+SB0897
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0562SB0897+SB0897