---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse and neglect; investigation of an individual by local boards of social services."
description: "Child abuse and neglect; investigation of an individual by local boards of social services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1671"
citation: "Virginia HB 1671 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael P. Mullin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2aa0b23-af10-419b-ac9b-ae1b5a03b439"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1671"
source_hash: "969ae3bfb2bfe7ebcb790cd5cc654a3ebc37aee9aef176215afb8e8988ac807e"
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 1671 (2019) — Child abuse and neglect; investigation of an individual by local boards of social services.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0276)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0276)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1671)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1671ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1671ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104689D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1671H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100319D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1671)

## Votes

- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100319D `introduction`
- **2018-12-03** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 19104689D-H1
- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1671H1
- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Assigned Rehab sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 276 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2aa0b23-af10-419b-ac9b-ae1b5a03b439`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).