---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse or neglect; findings of local department of social services, appeal."
description: "Child abuse or neglect; findings of local department of social services, appeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1550"
citation: "Virginia HB 1550 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell, J.L."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 53
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6152ab09-af34-4b8e-b11d-cf5ceace7a42"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1550"
source_hash: "3ac9b0466966aee6d9897974d48c9058062f315d02103f2dc04b15e9eee018fa"
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 1550 (2023) — Child abuse or neglect; findings of local department of social services, appeal.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0771** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0771)
2. **Governor's substitute printed 23107782D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1550H1)
3. **HB1550ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1550ER)
4. **HB1550ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1550ER2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102791D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1550)
6. **Printed as engrossed 23102791D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1550E)

## Votes

- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell, J.L. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102791D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1550)
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Amendment by Delegate Campbell, J.L. agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB1550E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23102791D-E
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1550E)
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Judiciary with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-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 amendment waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1550ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1550ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107782D-H1
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB1550ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 771 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0771)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6152ab09-af34-4b8e-b11d-cf5ceace7a42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).