HB 1659 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters.

Summary
Adds to the list of persons who are required to report suspected child abuse or neglect ministers, priests, rabbis, imams, and duly accredited practitioners of any religious organization or denomination usually referred to as a church; however, the bill exempts such clergy members from the mandatory reporting requirement when the information supporting the suspicion of child abuse or neglect (i) is required by the doctrine of the religious organization or denomination to be kept confidential or (ii) would be subject to the exemptions set forth in § 8.01-400 or 19.2-271.3 if offered as evidence in court. This bill is identical to
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Dec 1, 2018 Signed Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2019

How they voted

340
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 22, 2019
D Democratic14
14 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
31
Key actions
8
Committee
11
Amendments
2
Mar 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 414 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2019
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 19, 2019
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #4
lower
Dec 1, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Dec 1, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100396D
lower
1 primary · 19 co-sponsors

Sponsors