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| Bill | Virginia Missing Child with Autism Alert Program; established. | Establishment of the Virginia Missing Childwith Autism Alert Program. Creates a program for local, regional,or statewide notification of a missing child with autism. The billdefines a missing child with autism as a child (i) whose whereaboutsare unknown; (ii) who has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder; (iii) who is 17 years of age or younger or is currently enrolledin a secondary school in the Commonwealth, regardless of age; and (iv) whose disappearance poses a credible threat as determined bylaw enforcement to the safety and health of the child and under suchother circumstances as deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 65 | Virginia HB 65 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 65 (2020) — Virginia Missing Child with Autism Alert Program; established.
Establishment of the Virginia Missing Childwith Autism Alert Program. Creates a program for local, regional,or statewide notification of a missing child with autism. The billdefines a missing child with autism as a child (i) whose whereaboutsare unknown; (ii) who has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder; (iii) who is 17 years of age or younger or is currently enrolledin a secondary school in the Commonwealth, regardless of age; and (iv) whose disappearance poses a credible threat as determined bylaw enforcement to the safety and health of the child and under suchother circumstances as deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0019) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB65ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB65) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jason S. Miyares — primary (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100531D
introduction - 2019-12-05 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2020-01-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB65)
- 2020-01-15 Assigned PS sub: Public Safety
referral-committee - 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-31 Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-19 Enrolled
- 2020-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB65ER)
- 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-20 Signed by President
- 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
- 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
- 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 19 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31be00a8-0ef9-4211-9f3f-ec4c21510ae9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).