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type: "Bill"
title: "Child abuse and neglect reporting; public sports programs."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 904"
citation: "Virginia HB 904 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07c3048e-b625-4db6-a2e2-acadcc11958f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB904"
source_hash: "a372ca2de0f989d659cadf8a1bf47155b01e608ce96f35bc9d5896f659cc48c1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0461)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB904ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB904ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB904)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB904)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **60** (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Education and Health (9-Y 0-N) — **90** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) — **132** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (33-Y 3-N) — **333** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07c3048e-b625-4db6-a2e2-acadcc11958f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).