---
type: "Bill"
title: "Religious-exempt child day centers; staff-to-children ratios."
description: "Religious-exempt child day centers; staff-to-children ratios. Provides that, with respect to a child day center that is exempt from licensure due to its operation under the auspices of a religious institution, the applicable staff-to-children ratio for children receiving care in a group shall be based on the age of the youngest child in such group. This bill is identical to HB 1235."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 927"
citation: "Virginia SB 927 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8ae88dc-690e-49df-a178-3bf7044695e5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB927"
source_hash: "ade539eb2e4c65d883979c1dbaf4f0a0bf07d54c7ee09a8d47e516631afc593a"
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 927 (2020) — Religious-exempt child day centers; staff-to-children ratios.

Religious-exempt child day centers; staff-to-children ratios. Provides that, with respect to a child day center that is exempt from licensure due to its operation under the auspices of a religious institution, the applicable staff-to-children ratio for children receiving care in a group shall be based on the age of the youngest child in such group. This bill is identical to HB 1235.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0495)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0495)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB927ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB927ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB927)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB927)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** Presented and ordered printed 20104396D `introduction`
- **2020-01-10** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB927)
- **2020-01-31** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB927ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 495 (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/f8ae88dc-690e-49df-a178-3bf7044695e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).