Children's residential facilities; criminal history background checks.
Summary
Criminal history background checks; children's residential facilities. Provides that a person who is required to undergo a background check as a condition of employment at a children's residential facility may work at such children's residential facility pending the results of all background check components required by this section provided that (i) the applicant has received qualifying results on the fingerprint-based criminal history background check and (ii) the person is supervised at all times by a person who received qualifying results on a background check conducted in accordance with this section within the past five years. Currently, no person who is required to undergo a background check as a condition of employment at a children's residential facility may work at the children's residential facility until the criminal history background check and a check of the central registry of records of child abuse and neglect investigations maintained by the Department of Social Services are complete.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Signed Apr 27, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 10, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2022
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 10, 2022
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
49
Key actions
14
Committee
13
Apr 27, 2022
Executive · Passed
Governor's recommendation adopted
executive
Apr 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Apr 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB577H1
lower
Mar 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22107291D-H1
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB577S1
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22104924D-S1
upper
Feb 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103996D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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