republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-409.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 HB 282 and contains technical amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 409"
citation: "Virginia SB 409 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph D. Morrissey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a730292a-9bf2-405c-b5b0-e8f8e7a07cf7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB409"
source_hash: "8097eace9637c521c9a9f9734b159687c54ec42c1dba723466f2ab6788b19e76"
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 SB 409 (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 HB 282 and contains technical amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0383** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0383)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22107412D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB409H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104209D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB409)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22104209D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB409E)
5. **SB409ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB409ER)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–40** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104209D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-19** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-24** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-01-24** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-01-24** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB409E
- **2022-01-24** Printed as engrossed 22104209D-E
- **2022-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB409E)
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Committee substitute printed 22107412D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Committee substitute agreed to 22107412D-H1
- **2022-03-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB409H1
- **2022-03-09** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB409H1)
- **2022-03-10** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2022-03-10** House insisted on substitute
- **2022-03-10** House requested conference committee
- **2022-03-10** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-11** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-03-11** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-12** Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-12** VOTE: Agreed To (96-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 (SB409ER)
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 383 (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/a730292a-9bf2-405c-b5b0-e8f8e7a07cf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).