---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child day programs; exemption from licensure, certain programs offered by local school divisions."
description: "Child day programs; exemption from licensure, certain programs offered by local school divisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1698"
citation: "Virginia HB 1698 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21f9f934-fc5a-44cb-8bfb-82c970b02161"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1698"
source_hash: "b4142ba7de1afc0f2e5dde7b1677efd5394ac88709045ddd7a0bf4aa0212d326"
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 1698 (2023) — Child day programs; exemption from licensure, certain programs offered by local school divisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0010** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0010)
2. **HB1698ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1698ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102190D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1698)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102190D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1698)
- **2023-01-24** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1698ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1698ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 10 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21f9f934-fc5a-44cb-8bfb-82c970b02161`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).