Child care; background checks.
Summary
Child care; background checks. Allows applicants for employment and applicants to serve as volunteers to work in certain child day centers, family day homes, and family day systems pending the results of a full background check, provided that (i) the applicant has received qualifying results on a fingerprint-based background check through the Central Criminal Records Exchange or the Federal Bureau of Investigation and (ii) the applicant is supervised at all times by a person who received a qualifying result on a full background check within the past five years.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 10, 2024
Signed Apr 4, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 2, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 26, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Apr 4, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 477 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1277ER)
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (99-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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