---
type: "Bill"
title: "Out-of-school time programs; exemptions from licensure."
description: "Board of Education; out-of-school time programs; exemptions from licensure. Exempts from licensure any out-of-school time program, defined as any program that (i) serves only school-age children; (ii) operates primarily before or after regular school hours, during the summer, or at times when school is not normally in session; and (iii) is offered for the purpose of promoting expanded childhood learning and enrichment, child and youth development, or educational, recreational, or character-building activities, that (a) is affiliated with a national organization with established health and safety requirements and is in compliance with such health and safety requirements; (b) has adopted standards and requirements relating to staff training and qualifications that are consistent with those of the Board of Education; (c) requires all applicants for employment or volunteers to undergo background checks in accordance with applicable law; and (d) has policies and procedures relating to emergency preparedness and response, child abuse prevention and response, and internal incident reporting and investigation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1084"
citation: "Virginia SB 1084 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christie New Craig"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66971a12-f23e-4eac-b51e-5168ffa6e602"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1084"
source_hash: "2545d6d48083739c2c20f09fdc77ac9969072b20eb64182fdb8cdf79038e90c2"
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 1084 (2025) — Out-of-school time programs; exemptions from licensure.

Board of Education; out-of-school time programs; exemptions from licensure. Exempts from licensure any out-of-school time program, defined as any program that (i) serves only school-age children; (ii) operates primarily before or after regular school hours, during the summer, or at times when school is not normally in session; and (iii) is offered for the purpose of promoting expanded childhood learning and enrichment, child and youth development, or educational, recreational, or character-building activities, that (a) is affiliated with a national organization with established health and safety requirements and is in compliance with such health and safety requirements; (b) has adopted standards and requirements relating to staff training and qualifications that are consistent with those of the Board of Education; (c) requires all applicants for employment or volunteers to undergo background checks in accordance with applicable law; and (d) has policies and procedures relating to emergency preparedness and response, child abuse prevention and response, and internal incident reporting and investigation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017781.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072575.PDF)
3. **Education Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054452.HTML)
4. **Education Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046622.HTML)
5. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035899.PDF)
6. **House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064127.HTML)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068588.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N) — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House with amendments (97-Y 0-N 1-A) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House Amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christie New Craig — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104472D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1084)
- **2025-01-30** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25106099D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-03** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-03** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1084)
- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N)
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-20** Education Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-20** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-02-20** Passed House with amendments (97-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** House Amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1084ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1084)
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 328 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66971a12-f23e-4eac-b51e-5168ffa6e602`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).