---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child day programs; staff training requirements, exemption for cooperative preschools."
description: "Child day programs; staff training requirements, exemption for cooperative preschools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2258"
citation: "Virginia HB 2258 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Welfare (Social Services)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brenda L. Pogge"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac9a5a9b-8c3f-4ca3-983f-a65935be44c0"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2258"
source_hash: "3365ee33b363c443dafbfe8240cef69b0801f056ae9cf0b76600821a8798c697"
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 2258 (2019) — Child day programs; staff training requirements, exemption for cooperative preschools.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0604)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0604)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2258ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2258ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103912D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2258)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brenda L. Pogge — primary (person)
- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
- David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103912D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2019-01-30** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Assigned Rehab sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 604 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac9a5a9b-8c3f-4ca3-983f-a65935be44c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).