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type: "Bill"
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title: "Social services, local departments of; investigations and family assessments, etc."
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description: "Local department of social services; location of child in local department's custody. Provides that a local department of social services shall, upon request of the legal guardian or custodian of a child, disclose to such legal guardian or custodian the location of the child when the child is in the custody of another legal guardian or custodian, unless the local department finds that such disclosure would compromise the safety of the child or the legal guardian or custodian."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2191"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2191 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2021-01-13"
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last_action: "2021-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2089a309-df54-4ab3-b8dd-40265dad70f8"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2191"
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source_hash: "6f280c3903cea86df410c18c17d921b453d3208924aee70f84ee95aac7d5f75c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2191 (2021) — Social services, local departments of; investigations and family assessments, etc.
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Local department of social services; location of child in local department's custody. Provides that a local department of social services shall, upon request of the legal guardian or custodian of a child, disclose to such legal guardian or custodian the location of the child when the child is in the custody of another legal guardian or custodian, unless the local department finds that such disclosure would compromise the safety of the child or the legal guardian or custodian.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0305** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0305)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21103371D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2191H1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 21200250D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2191S1)
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4. **HB2191EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2191EH1)
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5. **HB2191ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2191ER)
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6. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100860D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2191)
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## Votes
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100860D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-15** Assigned HWI sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2191)
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- **2021-01-20** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-20** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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- **2021-01-26** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-26** Committee substitute printed 21103371D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2021-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-27** Passed by for the day
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- **2021-01-28** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-28** Committee substitute agreed to 21103371D-H1
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- **2021-01-28** Amendment by Delegate Leftwich agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-01-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB2191EH1
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- **2021-01-28** Printed as engrossed 21103371D-EH1
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- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-29** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2191EH1)
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- **2021-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-02-01** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-16** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-16** Committee substitute printed 21200250D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2021-02-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2191S1)
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- **2021-02-22** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-25** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2021-02-25** Committee substitute agreed to 21200250D-S1
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- **2021-02-25** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2191S1
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- **2021-02-25** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-25** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-25** Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200250D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-26** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
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- **2021-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB2191ER)
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- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
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- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
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- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 305 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2089a309-df54-4ab3-b8dd-40265dad70f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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