republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1301.md

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Bill	Children's Ombudsman, Office of the; established.	Office of the Children's Ombudsman established. Establishes the Office of the Children's Ombudsman as a means of effecting changes in policy, procedure, and legislation; educating the public; investigating and reviewing actions of the State Department of Social Services, local departments of social services, child-placing agencies, or child-caring institutions; and monitoring and ensuring compliance with relevant statutes, rules, and policies pertaining to children's protective services and the placement, supervision, treatment, and improvement of delivery of care to children in foster care and adoptive homes. The Office of the Children's Ombudsman is headed by the Children's Ombudsman, who is appointed for a term of four years by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1301	Virginia HB 1301 (2020)	bill		enacted	Chris L. Hurst	6	67	17	2020-01-08	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/3e7dfe81-3cb6-4bd9-ac18-e6900b3c2836	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1301	6f89636042347b8c58a69d8d3dbd7a4423ea9bf5b8a233ebe96be9764ae0a4c5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1301 (2020) — Children's Ombudsman, Office of the; established.

Office of the Children's Ombudsman established. Establishes the Office of the Children's Ombudsman as a means of effecting changes in policy, procedure, and legislation; educating the public; investigating and reviewing actions of the State Department of Social Services, local departments of social services, child-placing agencies, or child-caring institutions; and monitoring and ensuring compliance with relevant statutes, rules, and policies pertaining to children's protective services and the placement, supervision, treatment, and improvement of delivery of care to children in foster care and adoptive homes. The Office of the Children's Ombudsman is headed by the Children's Ombudsman, who is appointed for a term of four years by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the General Assembly. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1090) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1301ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1301H2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Fiscal impact review from JLARC (HB1301S1) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (HB1301H3) (committee substitute) — source
6. Impact statement from VCSC (HB1301H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) — 0–98 (fail) · lower
• Senate insisted on substitute with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Referred from Appropriations — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 13-N 1-A) — 62–13 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
• Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20 — cosponsor (person)
• Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
• Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
• Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)
• Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102686D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1301)
• 2020-02-04 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-04 Committee substitute printed 20105383D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-04 Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Referred from Appropriations
• 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1301H1)
• 2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1301H1)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20107930D-H2 substitution
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Committee on General Laws substitute rejected 20105383D-H1
• 2020-02-10 Committee on Courts of Justice substitute agreed to 20107930D-H2
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1301H2
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB1301H2)
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1301H2)
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-02-19 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108532D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Fiscal impact review from JLARC (HB1301S1)
• 2020-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB1301S1)
• 2020-02-26 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-28 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-28 Committee substitute agreed to h5544
• 2020-02-28 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-02-28 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB1301S1
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (37-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (36-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (37-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-02 Senate substitute with amendments rejected by House 20108532D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
• 2020-03-02 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
• 2020-03-03 Senate insisted on substitute with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-03 Senate requested conference committee
• 2020-03-04 House acceded to request
• 2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-07 Conference substitute printed 20109963D-H3
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (63-Y 13-N 1-A)
• 2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (63-Y 13-N 1-A)
• 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB1301H3)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB1301ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1090 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e7dfe81-3cb6-4bd9-ac18-e6900b3c2836. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).