republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1837.md

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Bill	Private certified preschool or nursery school programs; licensure exemptions.	Modifies the licensure exemption requirements for certified preschool programs operated by a private school that is accredited by an organization recognized by the Board of Education. The bill removes the list of accrediting associations from the licensure exemption language and provides a reference to the Code section that establishes the process for recognition of accrediting organizations by the Board of Education. The bill removes certain licensure exemption requirements that such preschool programs must meet and modifies others, including (i) increasing the amount of time children may attend such programs per day from four hours to five hours and (ii) lowering the minimum age of children permitted to attend the programs from age four to age three. The bill also allows the Commissioner of Social Services to inspect such preschool programs to ensure compliance with applicable requirements, either annually or in response to a complaint, and requires such schools to report all incidents involving serious injury to or death of a child attending the school.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1837	Virginia HB 1837 (2017)	bill	Education Minors Welfare (Social Services)	enacted	Robert D. Orrock, Sr.	7	36	15	2017-01-10	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/a35bd424-9b87-43ee-a606-4fff08733912	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1837	adadc36a63f4f70c6e008a88829b0502124e593858adc387ed18e5c6bcce8f0e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1837 (2017) — Private certified preschool or nursery school programs; licensure exemptions.

Modifies the licensure exemption requirements for certified preschool programs operated by a private school that is accredited by an organization recognized by the Board of Education. The bill removes the list of accrediting associations from the licensure exemption language and provides a reference to the Code section that establishes the process for recognition of accrediting organizations by the Board of Education. The bill removes certain licensure exemption requirements that such preschool programs must meet and modifies others, including (i) increasing the amount of time children may attend such programs per day from four hours to five hours and (ii) lowering the minimum age of children permitted to attend the programs from age four to age three. The bill also allows the Commissioner of Social Services to inspect such preschool programs to ensure compliance with applicable requirements, either annually or in response to a complaint, and requires such schools to report all incidents involving serious injury to or death of a child attending the school.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0748) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1837ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104326D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Conference substitute printed 17105836D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101876D (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105640D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate: Floor substitute printed 17105738D-S2 (Hanger) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference report agreed to by House — 93–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate insisted on substitute — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate substitute rejected by House 17105738D-S2 — 0–99 (fail) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Committee substitute reconsidered — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate insisted on substitute — 37–0 (pass) · legislature
• Rereferred from Education and Health — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Motion to reconsider insist on substitute agreed to — 38–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101876D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17104326D-H1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1837H1
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to
• 2017-02-21 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-22 Committee substitute rejected 17105640D-S1
• 2017-02-22 Floor substitute printed 17105738D-S2 (Hanger)
• 2017-02-22 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-22 Substitute by Senator Hanger agreed to 17105738D-S2
• 2017-02-22 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB1837S2
• 2017-02-23 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-23 Senate substitute rejected by House 17105738D-S2 (0-Y 99-N)
• 2017-02-23 Senate requested conference committee
• 2017-02-23 House acceded to request
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-25 Amended by conference committee
• 2017-02-25 Conference substitute printed 17105836D-H2
• 2017-02-25 Passed by temporarily
• 2017-02-25 Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 748 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a35bd424-9b87-43ee-a606-4fff08733912. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).