republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-389.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Child abuse and neglect; notice of founded reports to Superintendent of Public Instruction.	Requires local departments of social services to notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction without delay (i) when an individual holding a license issued by the Board of Education is the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect and (ii) if the founded complaint of child abuse or neglect is dismissed on appeal. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 389	Virginia HB 389 (2018)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Education Welfare (Social Services)	enacted	Mark L. Keam	4	19	6	2018-01-05	2018-02-19	openstates	ocd-bill/61e02660-937d-4f50-91a9-88148bfc12e3	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB389	af05a88b1987fff183472f51ebc1215ebc573622701201d89cd700d2ef4c373a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 389 (2018) — Child abuse and neglect; notice of founded reports to Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Requires local departments of social services to notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction without delay (i) when an individual holding a license issued by the Board of Education is the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect and (ii) if the founded complaint of child abuse or neglect is dismissed on appeal. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB389ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101334D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 18101334D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 37–3 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 8–7 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
• David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101334D introduction
• 2018-01-05 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2018-01-15 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-26 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2018-01-26 Engrossed by House as amended HB389E
• 2018-01-26 Printed as engrossed 18101334D-E
• 2018-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-01-30 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2018-02-06 Passed by for the day
• 2018-02-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-08 Enrolled
• 2018-02-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-09 Signed by President
• 2018-02-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/12/18
• 2018-02-12 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2018
• 2018-02-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61e02660-937d-4f50-91a9-88148bfc12e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).