---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse and neglect; notice of founded reports to Superintendent of Public Instruction."
description: "Requires local departments of social services to notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction without delay (i) when an individual holding a license issued by the Board of Education is the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect and (ii) if the founded complaint of child abuse or neglect is dismissed on appeal. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 389"
citation: "Virginia HB 389 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Education", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Keam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-02-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61e02660-937d-4f50-91a9-88148bfc12e3"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB389"
source_hash: "af05a88b1987fff183472f51ebc1215ebc573622701201d89cd700d2ef4c373a"
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 389 (2018) — Child abuse and neglect; notice of founded reports to Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Requires local departments of social services to notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction without delay (i) when an individual holding a license issued by the Board of Education is the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect and (ii) if the founded complaint of child abuse or neglect is dismissed on appeal. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0005)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB389ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB389ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101334D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB389)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 18101334D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB389E)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **37–3** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **8–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101334D `introduction`
- **2018-01-05** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-15** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2018-01-26** Engrossed by House as amended HB389E
- **2018-01-26** Printed as engrossed 18101334D-E
- **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** Passed by for the day
- **2018-02-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-08** Enrolled
- **2018-02-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-09** Signed by President
- **2018-02-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/12/18
- **2018-02-12** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2018
- **2018-02-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (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/61e02660-937d-4f50-91a9-88148bfc12e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).