---
type: "Bill"
title: "Social services, local departments of; employee criminal background checks."
description: "Local departments of social services; employeecriminal background checks. Establishes a process for local departmentsof social services to conduct background checks for current or prospectiveemployees and prohibits local departments from employing any personwho has been convicted of a criminal offense that relates to hisemployment. The bill includes criteria for the local department toconsider when deciding if a criminal offense related to employmentis relevant when hiring a specific employment position."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1366"
citation: "Virginia HB 1366 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b695100-193a-4d6c-9ebd-0ab47b8c5b27"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1366"
source_hash: "343bcafd2bfd4acd75cfe0bb0f982f978f64733dd320c097c6b7c14156f1f62b"
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 1366 (2024) — Social services, local departments of; employee criminal background checks.

Local departments of social services; employeecriminal background checks. Establishes a process for local departmentsof social services to conduct background checks for current or prospectiveemployees and prohibits local departments from employing any personwho has been convicted of a criminal offense that relates to hisemployment. The bill includes criteria for the local department toconsider when deciding if a criminal offense related to employmentis relevant when hiring a specific employment position.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0555** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0555)
2. **HB1366ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1366ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24102916D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1366)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 24102916D `introduction`
- **2024-01-15** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1366)
- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1366ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1366ER)
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b695100-193a-4d6c-9ebd-0ab47b8c5b27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).