---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child protective services; investigations, interview by child advocacy center, time limits."
description: "Child protective services; investigations, interview by child advocacy center, time limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1768"
citation: "Virginia HB 1768 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Head"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76d95909-bca2-4a50-a328-8ce2f2691d64"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1768"
source_hash: "2a45c24a5ac457c4d6f7fc1d5fe1aa29a4b545afc1e92ee63e133a61c3a26015"
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 1768 (2023) — Child protective services; investigations, interview by child advocacy center, time limits.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0170** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0170)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106095D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1768H1)
3. **HB1768ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1768ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103807D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1768)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Head — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103807D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1768)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23106095D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-06** Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 23106095D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1768H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1768H1)
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 1-A) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1768ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1768ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 170 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0170)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76d95909-bca2-4a50-a328-8ce2f2691d64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).