republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-545.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 care licensure; forfeiture of eligibility for religious exemption.	Child care licensure; forfeiture of eligibility for religious exemption.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 545	Virginia HB 545 (2018)	bill	Religious and Charitable Matters; Cemeteries Welfare (Social Services)	enacted	Nicholas J. Freitas	3	15	6	2018-01-08	2018-02-19	openstates	ocd-bill/3d271b5a-13ef-4427-8704-b860ef198fd8	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB545	c24267e2583c27b0f70c6dd4bf5ed7d814bd415d60525d822f3bed98bc2697a9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 545 (2018) — Child care licensure; forfeiture of eligibility for religious exemption.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB545ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101054D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Nicholas J. Freitas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101054D introduction
• 2018-01-08 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2018-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2018-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-26 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 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 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-07 Enrolled
• 2018-02-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-09 Signed by President
• 2018-02-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 02/12/18
• 2018-02-12 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2018
• 2018-02-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 6 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d271b5a-13ef-4427-8704-b860ef198fd8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).