Child care providers; fingerprint-based criminal background checks, repeals sunset. (HB997)

Introduced By

Del. Kelly Fowler (D-Virginia Beach) with support from co-patron Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax Station)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

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. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/07/2020Committee
01/07/2020Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102068D
01/07/2020Referred to Committee on Education
01/15/2020Referred from Education
01/15/2020Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
01/20/2020Impact statement from DPB (HB997)
01/28/2020Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2020Read first time
01/31/2020Read second time and engrossed
02/03/2020Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/03/2020VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2020Constitutional reading dispensed
02/04/2020Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/13/2020Rereferred from Education and Health (9-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2020Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
02/21/2020Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2020Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/25/2020Read third time
02/25/2020Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/02/2020Enrolled
03/02/2020Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB997ER)
03/02/2020Impact statement from DPB (HB997ER)
03/02/2020Signed by Speaker
03/03/2020Signed by President
03/12/2020Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
03/12/2020G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
03/25/2020G Approved by Governor-Chapter 462 (effective 7/1/20)
03/25/2020G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0462)