---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adult day care centers; name changes to adult day centers throughout the Code."
description: "Adult day care centers; name change. Renames \"adult day care centers\" as \"adult day centers\" throughout the Code of Virginia. This bill is identical to HB 1498."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "Virginia SB 173 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christie New Craig"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-07"
last_action: "2024-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccc09934-c5ee-4f29-a83e-aea7573303d6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB173"
source_hash: "df0710c94c98c76ba40deceed291b62b417befa644635fc5888de7a87b6de3a6"
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 173 (2024) — Adult day care centers; name changes to adult day centers throughout the Code.

Adult day care centers; name change. Renames "adult day care centers" as "adult day centers" throughout the Code of Virginia. This bill is identical to HB 1498.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0037** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0037)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103775D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB173)
3. **SB173ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB173ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christie New Craig — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103775D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-07** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB173)
- **2024-01-17** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB173ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB173ER)
- **2024-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 37 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0037)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccc09934-c5ee-4f29-a83e-aea7573303d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).