Virginia Child Protection Accountability System; established. (HB1904)
Introduced By
Del. Ward Armstrong (D-Martinsville)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Virginia Child Protection Accountability System. Establishes the Virginia Child Protection Accountability System to collect and make available to the public information on the response to reported cases of child abuse in the Commonwealth. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/13/2009 | Committee |
| 01/13/2009 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 091293416 |
| 01/13/2009 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 01/16/2009 | Assigned HWI sub: Welfare |
| 01/22/2009 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1904) |
| 02/05/2009 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2009 | Committee substitute printed 093268416-H1 |
| 02/05/2009 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 02/06/2009 | Reported from Appropriations with substitute (23-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2009 | Committee substitute printed 091329416-H2 |
| 02/08/2009 | Read first time |
| 02/09/2009 | Read second time |
| 02/09/2009 | Committee substitute from HWI rejected 093268416-H1 |
| 02/09/2009 | Committee substitute from Appropriations agreed to 091329416-H2 |
| 02/09/2009 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1904H2 |
| 02/10/2009 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 02/10/2009 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/10/2009 | Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House |
| 02/10/2009 | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 02/10/2009 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/11/2009 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/11/2009 | Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services |
| 02/16/2009 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1904H2) |
| 02/20/2009 | Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/23/2009 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/24/2009 | Read third time |
| 02/24/2009 | Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/28/2009 | Enrolled |
| 02/28/2009 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1904ER) |
| 02/28/2009 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/28/2009 | Signed by President |
| 03/03/2009 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1904ER) |
| 03/27/2009 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 445 (effective 7/1/09) |
| 03/27/2009 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0445) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 2 minutes.
Comments
"intentions" are good - so long as "all" domestic violence calls are independently investigated and BOTH parties arrested until it is determined to be a valid domestic violence complaint or frivilous complaint designed to prevent one parent's access to their own children from the other parent. See Massachusetts for this issue - makes the 911 calls "public" and has CUT the police work/red tape dramatically while increasing ACCOUNTABILITY to the arguing parents for their own behaviour.
It sounds like Marsha may not understand the legislation. The legislation requires the state to track the total number of child abuse complaints, the total number deemed valid, the total number resulting in a report to the commonwealth attorney, the total number investigated and the results of the investigations and so on. It sounds like this is tracking allegations and it sounds like Marsha wants that, so what's the problem?
If there are cases where the allegation is false, it sounds like this bill would require the commonwealth to keep track of that. What is wrong with trying to keep track of child abuse in Virginia? Only people that have a vested interest in NOT investigating child abuse would be opposed to this bill.
"Only people that have a vested interest in NOT investigating child abuse would be opposed to this bill."
People who do not wish to see the unchecked expansion of state power into family life also have good reason to be opposed to this bill.
Ken, how is "family life" disrupted? The bill tasks the government to keep track of allegations of abuse and the government's response to those allegations. That is all. It would entail government reporting on how the government performs it's duties. Anyone that complains about unaccountable bureaucrats twiddling their thumbs all day, wasting taxpayer dollars would be a friend of this bill. The bill does not authorize the government in anyway to intrude on family life, but merely keep track of the government's performance in its attempts to protect children that are being abused.