republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-994.md

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Bill	Child Care Subsidy Program; permitting Armed Forces active members to apply for Program.	Board of Education; Child Care Subsidy Program; Armed Forces; examination and report. Directs the Board of Education to determine the feasibility of amending its regulations to permit all active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States who serve as caregivers to dependents to apply for the Child Care Subsidy Program and submit its findings to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health. This bill is identical to SB 529.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 994	Virginia HB 994 (2022)	bill		enacted	Emily M. Brewer	4	28	6	2022-01-12	2022-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/d2734224-9f45-497b-ae5d-0f0647405c17	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB994	6e2a11fe8c5bc45ff9f0e8be967900779f39cb51146ebd200bc715acc7103b7e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 994 (2022) — Child Care Subsidy Program; permitting Armed Forces active members to apply for Program.

Board of Education; Child Care Subsidy Program; Armed Forces; examination and report. Directs the Board of Education to determine the feasibility of amending its regulations to permit all active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States who serve as caregivers to dependents to apply for the Child Care Subsidy Program and submit its findings to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health. This bill is identical to SB 529.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0023 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105761D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB994ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100747D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emily M. Brewer — primary (person)
• A.C. Cordoza — cosponsor (person)
• Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
• Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
• C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
• C. Todd Gilbert — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
• G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
• Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
• Marie E. March — cosponsor (person)
• Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
• Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
• Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
• Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
• Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
• Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100747D introduction
• 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation referral-committee
• 2022-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB994)
• 2022-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-07 Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-07 Committee substitute printed 22105761D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 22105761D-H1
• 2022-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB994H1
• 2022-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB994H1)
• 2022-02-11 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-28 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-03 Enrolled
• 2022-03-03 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB994ER)
• 2022-03-04 Signed by President
• 2022-03-09 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
• 2022-03-09 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 23 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2734224-9f45-497b-ae5d-0f0647405c17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).