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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child-protective services; complaints involving members of the United States Armed Forces."
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description: "Requires local departments of social services to transmit information regarding reports, complaints, family assessments, and investigations involving children of active duty members of the United States Armed Forces or members of their household to family advocacy representatives of the United States Armed Forces. Under current law, local departments of social services may transmit such information but are only required to transmit information regarding founded complaints or family assessments. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2279"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2279 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Armed Forces", "Minors", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daun S. Hester"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-11"
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last_action: "2017-02-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbc492af-2d5e-47e9-97e6-db52e43b706f"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2279"
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source_hash: "80c6be8fbb2b85125ae4d08560400a5470dde84c6f1b5e8a6fa7e27a2d01c90b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2279 (2017) — Child-protective services; complaints involving members of the United States Armed Forces.
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Requires local departments of social services to transmit information regarding reports, complaints, family assessments, and investigations involving children of active duty members of the United States Armed Forces or members of their household to family advocacy representatives of the United States Armed Forces. Under current law, local departments of social services may transmit such information but are only required to transmit information regarding founded complaints or family assessments. This bill is identical to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0142)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0142)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2279ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2279ER)
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3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17101513D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2279)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Daun S. Hester — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher P. Stolle — cosponsor (person)
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- David B. Albo — cosponsor (person)
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- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
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- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
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- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew James — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
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- N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ronald A. Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
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- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 17101513D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-02** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-07** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 142 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbc492af-2d5e-47e9-97e6-db52e43b706f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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