---
type: "Bill"
title: "Background checks; employees of children and developmental services, adult substance abuse services."
description: "Background checks; employees of children and developmental services, adult substance abuse services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2342"
citation: "Virginia HB 2342 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88c15904-30de-4584-a241-57a3cbbee2d1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2342"
source_hash: "63a6f1423c2d5c799ac80266dc748fbf7272f12bb3d442493b680bba8a326372"
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 2342 (2023) — Background checks; employees of children and developmental services, adult substance abuse services.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0236** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0236)
2. **HB2342ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2342ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23101521D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2342)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Unanimous consent to introduce `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 23101521D `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2342)
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2342ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2342ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 236 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0236)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88c15904-30de-4584-a241-57a3cbbee2d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).