republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-282.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal records; effect of criminal convictions on licensure, data to be included in report."
description: "Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; effect of criminal convictions on licensure; data to be included in biennial report. Provides for consideration of certain factors to be made by any regulatory board through an individualized assessment prior to denying an application for licensure, certification, or registration for any occupation or profession regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation where such denial was made in whole or in part upon the existence of the applicant's criminal record. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2023 Session of the General Assembly, and the bill requires, beginning July 1, 2025, the Department to include certain data related to the criminal history of applicants to each regulatory board in its biennial report. This bill is identical to SB 409 and contains technical amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 282"
citation: "Virginia HB 282 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie E. Coyner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f9bb615-bdf7-46c5-82e8-b7a1e3592b7b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB282"
source_hash: "dcf247fd88ada0c88dad1d17c1a636f57c5a5de03a3716dce7f12328d871ffad"
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 282 (2022) — Criminal records; effect of criminal convictions on licensure, data to be included in report.

Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation; effect of criminal convictions on licensure; data to be included in biennial report. Provides for consideration of certain factors to be made by any regulatory board through an individualized assessment prior to denying an application for licensure, certification, or registration for any occupation or profession regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation where such denial was made in whole or in part upon the existence of the applicant's criminal record. The provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2023 Session of the General Assembly, and the bill requires, beginning July 1, 2025, the Department to include certain data related to the criminal history of applicants to each regulatory board in its biennial report. This bill is identical to SB 409 and contains technical amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0382** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0382)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106504D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB282H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 22107384D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB282S1)
4. **HB282ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB282ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104224D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB282)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed g7050by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred from Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 98-N) — **0–97** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104224D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB282)
- **2022-02-09** Referred from Courts of Justice
- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-11** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Committee substitute printed 22106504D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106504D-H1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB282H1
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Committee substitute printed 22107384D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-02** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB282H1)
- **2022-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB282S1)
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-08** Committee substitute agreed to 22107384D-S1
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB282S1
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** Senate substitute rejected by House 22107384D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 98-N)
- **2022-03-10** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Senate requested conference committee
- **2022-03-10** House acceded to request
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-11** Passed by temporarily
- **2022-03-11** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-03-11** Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-11** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-11** Conference report agreed g7050by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-21** Enrolled
- **2022-03-21** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-03-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB282ER)
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 382 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f9bb615-bdf7-46c5-82e8-b7a1e3592b7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).