---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal history record information; dissemination of information to DSS."
description: "Dissemination of criminal history record information; Department of Social Services. Authorizes the Department of Social Services to obtain criminal history record information for the purpose of screening individuals as a condition of licensure, employment, volunteering, or providing services on a regular basis in a licensed child welfare agency or foster or adoptive home approved by a child-placing agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 361"
citation: "Virginia HB 361 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-06"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5017c3a6-60ad-4b5c-8059-789aa528df2b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB361"
source_hash: "6e5d77450ebb96dbc5a0c941d3e97f95a1ca668198d627cd6aa2d4a539f6c915"
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 361 (2024) — Criminal history record information; dissemination of information to DSS.

Dissemination of criminal history record information; Department of Social Services. Authorizes the Department of Social Services to obtain criminal history record information for the purpose of screening individuals as a condition of licensure, employment, volunteering, or providing services on a regular basis in a licensed child welfare agency or foster or adoptive home approved by a child-placing agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0526** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0526)
2. **HB361ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB361ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102257D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB361)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24102257D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB361E)

## Votes

- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102257D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-06** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB361)
- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-23** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-26** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-26** Engrossed by House as amended HB361E
- **2024-01-26** Printed as engrossed 24102257D-E
- **2024-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB361E)
- **2024-01-29** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-01-30** 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`
- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB361ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB361ER)
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 526 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0526)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5017c3a6-60ad-4b5c-8059-789aa528df2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).