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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Child welfare agencies; licensure for agencies operated by the Commonwealth."
+description: "Provides for licensure of child welfare agencies operated by agencies of the Commonwealth."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 2156"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2156 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Welfare (Social Services)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sam Rasoul"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-11"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df744db4-49a5-43e3-abf7-892423f0e24c"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2156"
+source_hash: "39233bf4d93cf689f254952295c4bd82d0852760e06aeb8f98729d92ea2e6a15"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 2156 (2017) — Child welfare agencies; licensure for agencies operated by the Commonwealth.
+
+Provides for licensure of child welfare agencies operated by agencies of the Commonwealth.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0196)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0196)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2156ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2156ER)
+3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104851D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2156H1)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100632D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2156)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100632D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-24** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-02** Passed by for the day
+- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 17104851D-H1
+- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2156H1
+- **2017-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2017-02-07** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 196 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df744db4-49a5-43e3-abf7-892423f0e24c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+