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Bill	Child abuse and neglect reporting; public sports programs.	Child abuse and neglect reporting; public sports programs. Adds to the list of mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse and neglect athletic coaches, directors, and other persons 18 years of age or older that are employed by or volunteering with a public sports organization or team. Current law applies only to such individuals involved with private sports organizations or teams.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 904	Virginia HB 904 (2020)	bill		enacted	C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.	3	27	8	2020-01-07	2020-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/07c3048e-b625-4db6-a2e2-acadcc11958f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB904	a372ca2de0f989d659cadf8a1bf47155b01e608ce96f35bc9d5896f659cc48c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 904 (2020) — Child abuse and neglect reporting; public sports programs.

Child abuse and neglect reporting; public sports programs. Adds to the list of mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse and neglect athletic coaches, directors, and other persons 18 years of age or older that are employed by or volunteering with a public sports organization or team. Current law applies only to such individuals involved with private sports organizations or teams.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0461) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB904ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB904) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Education and Health (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (33-Y 3-N) — 33–3 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100216D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Assigned HWI sub: Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB904)
• 2020-01-21 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-24 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-27 VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-28 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Rereferred from Education and Health (9-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-13 Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-26 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (33-Y 3-N) passage
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB904ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 461 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07c3048e-b625-4db6-a2e2-acadcc11958f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).