republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1542.md

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Bill	Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters, statute of limitations, penalties.	Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters; statute of limitations; penalties. Adds aggravated sexual battery of a child and attempted rape, sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, or object sexual penetration of a child to the list of offenses for which a failure to report subjects a mandatory reporter to criminal liability. The bill further requires that a prosecution for any misdemeanor violation for failing to report certain sexual acts committed against a minor be commenced within one year of the discovery of the offense. This bill incorporates HB 449.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1542	Virginia HB 1542 (2024)	bill		enacted	Candi Mundon King	5	44	10	2024-01-19	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/780e76ee-655e-4de4-8e36-824c87195c59	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1542	1c1cc466e0d41f040552be6fed8e46370fff764fc8e72fe1407b13c68bb24702	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1542 (2024) — Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters, statute of limitations, penalties.

Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters; statute of limitations; penalties. Adds aggravated sexual battery of a child and attempted rape, sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, or object sexual penetration of a child to the list of offenses for which a failure to report subjects a mandatory reporter to criminal liability. The bill further requires that a prosecution for any misdemeanor violation for failing to report certain sexual acts committed against a minor be commenced within one year of the discovery of the offense. This bill incorporates HB 449.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0615 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107285D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1542ER (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1542S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Presented and ordered printed 24105852D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Referred from Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Candi Mundon King — primary (person)
• Chris Obenshain — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105852D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Referred from Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-08 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Incorporates HB449 (Obenshain)
• 2024-02-08 Committee substitute printed 24107285D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB1542H1)
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107285D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1542H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-05 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-06 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-06 Floor substitute printed 24108920D-S1 (Surovell)
• 2024-03-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-03-06 Substitute by Senator Surovell agreed to 24108920D-S1
• 2024-03-06 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB1542S1
• 2024-03-06 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1542S1)
• 2024-03-07 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108920D-S1 (98-Y 0--N) substitution
• 2024-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1542ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB1542ER)
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 615 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0615)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/780e76ee-655e-4de4-8e36-824c87195c59. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).