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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Child care licensure; forfeiture of eligibility for religious exemption."
+description: "Child care licensure; forfeiture of eligibility for religious exemption."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 545"
+citation: "Virginia HB 545 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nicholas J. Freitas"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-01-08"
+last_action: "2018-02-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d271b5a-13ef-4427-8704-b860ef198fd8"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB545"
+source_hash: "c24267e2583c27b0f70c6dd4bf5ed7d814bd415d60525d822f3bed98bc2697a9"
+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 545 (2018) — Child care licensure; forfeiture of eligibility for religious exemption.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0006)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB545ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB545ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101054D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB545)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101054D `introduction`
+- **2018-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2018-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2018-01-30** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-06** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-07** Enrolled
+- **2018-02-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2018-02-09** Signed by President
+- **2018-02-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 02/12/18
+- **2018-02-12** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2018
+- **2018-02-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 6 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d271b5a-13ef-4427-8704-b860ef198fd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+