republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-868.md

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Bill	Child protective services; investigation of complaints of child abuse or neglect.	Requires the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations that require local departments of social services to respond to valid reports and complaints alleging suspected abuse or neglect of a child under the age of two within 24 hours of receiving such reports or complaints.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 868	Virginia SB 868 (2017)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Minors Welfare (Social Services)	enacted	Barbara A. Favola	4	21	8	2016-12-07	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/9484d5a0-4767-443b-a190-ada3667cc325	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB868	9c758718502bcf97c76ed52c22152884ba03d6a8b19678243826f1282bfaede9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 868 (2017) — Child protective services; investigation of complaints of child abuse or neglect.

Requires the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations that require local departments of social services to respond to valid reports and complaints alleging suspected abuse or neglect of a child under the age of two within 24 hours of receiving such reports or complaints.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0604) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB868ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104018D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100860D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100860D introduction
• 2016-12-07 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 17104018D-S1
• 2017-01-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB868S1
• 2017-02-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-02 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-22 Enrolled
• 2017-02-22 Signed by President
• 2017-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
• 2017-02-23 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 604 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9484d5a0-4767-443b-a190-ada3667cc325. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).