---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Missing Child with Autism Alert Program; established."
description: "Establishment of the Virginia Missing Childwith Autism Alert Program. Creates a program for local, regional,or statewide notification of a missing child with autism. The billdefines a missing child with autism as a child (i) whose whereaboutsare unknown; (ii) who has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder; (iii) who is 17 years of age or younger or is currently enrolledin a secondary school in the Commonwealth, regardless of age; and (iv) whose disappearance poses a credible threat as determined bylaw enforcement to the safety and health of the child and under suchother circumstances as deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 65"
citation: "Virginia HB 65 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Miyares"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-12-05"
last_action: "2020-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31be00a8-0ef9-4211-9f3f-ec4c21510ae9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB65"
source_hash: "424edaa8701c13405527d025f9eccef3f708f5862ca110d505ab03611a359b66"
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 65 (2020) — Virginia Missing Child with Autism Alert Program; established.

Establishment of the Virginia Missing Childwith Autism Alert Program. Creates a program for local, regional,or statewide notification of a missing child with autism. The billdefines a missing child with autism as a child (i) whose whereaboutsare unknown; (ii) who has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder; (iii) who is 17 years of age or younger or is currently enrolledin a secondary school in the Commonwealth, regardless of age; and (iv) whose disappearance poses a credible threat as determined bylaw enforcement to the safety and health of the child and under suchother circumstances as deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0019)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB65ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB65ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB65)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB65)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason S. Miyares — primary (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100531D `introduction`
- **2019-12-05** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB65)
- **2020-01-15** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-31** Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** Enrolled
- **2020-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB65ER)
- **2020-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-20** Signed by President
- **2020-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
- **2020-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 19 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31be00a8-0ef9-4211-9f3f-ec4c21510ae9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).