HB 997 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Child care providers; fingerprint-based criminal background checks, repeals sunset.

Summary
Child care providers; fingerprint-based criminal background checks; sunset and contingency expiration. Repeals the sunset and contingency expiration of the requirement that the following individuals undergo fingerprint-based national criminal history background checks: (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 due to its operation by a religious institution, 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 agents of such applicants 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 Act, 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. This bill is identical to SB 675.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Signed Mar 25, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
5
Committee
8
Mar 25, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 462 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Rereferred from Education and Health (9-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Referred from Education
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102068D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors