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| Bill | Child care providers; background checks, portability. | Child care providers; background checks; portability. Exempts prospective employees and volunteers of certain child welfare agencies from statutory background check requirements where the individual completed a background check within the previous five years, provided that (i) such background check was conducted after July 1, 2017; (ii) the results of such background check indicated that the individual had not been convicted of any barrier crime and was not the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect; and (iii) the individual is an employee or volunteer of any child welfare agency that is subject to background check requirements or has been separated from such employment or volunteer position for not more than 180 days. The bill requires such child welfare agencies, prior to hiring or allowing to volunteer any individual without the completion of a background check, to obtain written certification from the Department of Education that such individual satisfies all such requirements and is eligible to serve as an employee or volunteer at the child welfare agency. The bill also directs the Department of Education to establish a two-year pilot program for the purpose of stabilizing and improving the quality of child care services in the Commonwealth, which shall include payment of a fixed amount of funds to providers that have agreed to meet certain standards related to quality of care provided, to the extent allowed by federal law, and to report on the pilot program by December 1 of each year. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2086 | Virginia HB 2086 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2086 (2021) — Child care providers; background checks, portability.
Child care providers; background checks; portability. Exempts prospective employees and volunteers of certain child welfare agencies from statutory background check requirements where the individual completed a background check within the previous five years, provided that (i) such background check was conducted after July 1, 2017; (ii) the results of such background check indicated that the individual had not been convicted of any barrier crime and was not the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect; and (iii) the individual is an employee or volunteer of any child welfare agency that is subject to background check requirements or has been separated from such employment or volunteer position for not more than 180 days. The bill requires such child welfare agencies, prior to hiring or allowing to volunteer any individual without the completion of a background check, to obtain written certification from the Department of Education that such individual satisfies all such requirements and is eligible to serve as an employee or volunteer at the child welfare agency. The bill also directs the Department of Education to establish a two-year pilot program for the purpose of stabilizing and improving the quality of child care services in the Commonwealth, which shall include payment of a fixed amount of funds to providers that have agreed to meet certain standards related to quality of care provided, to the extent allowed by federal law, and to report on the pilot program by December 1 of each year.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0510 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103805D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2086ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102558D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- John J. McGuire, III — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102558D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2021-01-15 Assigned HWI sub: Social Services
referral-committee - 2021-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-28 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-28 Committee substitute printed 21103805D-H1
substitution - 2021-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB2086H1)
- 2021-02-01 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 21103805D-H1
- 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2086H1
- 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-03 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-02-04 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Rereferred to Education and Health
referral-committee - 2021-02-18 Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-22 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-25 Enrolled
- 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB2086ER)
- 2021-02-25 Signed by President
- 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 510 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f03b114e-3097-44fb-b817-8d9084ab0ee2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).