---
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: "SB 183"
citation: "Virginia SB 183 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-12-29"
last_action: "2018-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fe3e2c6-5339-4334-99e2-03c8c9b47bf1"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB183"
source_hash: "7e18a53d66e66b051b87e9c7f3f12d5ac0f17e20af5ead5e504324bae163c8bf"
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 SB 183 (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. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB183ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB183ER)
2. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101322D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB183)

## Votes

- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **8–6** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **22–18** (pass) · legislature
- House amendments agreed to by Senate — **36–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-29** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101322D `introduction`
- **2017-12-29** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2018-02-20** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2018-02-20** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (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/4fe3e2c6-5339-4334-99e2-03c8c9b47bf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).