---
type: "Bill"
title: "Suspected abuse; mandated reporters."
description: "Mandated reporters of suspected abuse. Adds practitioners of behavior analysis to the list of individuals requiredto report suspected adult or child abuse or neglect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 751"
citation: "Virginia HB 751 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert B. Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4ad0d7a-ecbd-41cb-b698-83911a8bab4a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB751"
source_hash: "91b338fe6d8e3f7cbb4c6fbec8c3acbf0940c223adb26f96893834a136dd7ea4"
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 751 (2022) — Suspected abuse; mandated reporters.

Mandated reporters of suspected abuse. Adds practitioners of behavior analysis to the list of individuals requiredto report suspected adult or child abuse or neglect.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0766** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0766)
2. **HB751ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB751ER)
3. **HB751ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB751ER2)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100593D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB751)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100593D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB751)
- **2022-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-31** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-01** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Enrolled
- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
- **2022-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB751ER)
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB751ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 766 (effective 7/1/22) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4ad0d7a-ecbd-41cb-b698-83911a8bab4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).