republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-361.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Criminal history record information; dissemination of information to DSS.	Dissemination of criminal history record information; Department of Social Services. Authorizes the Department of Social Services to obtain criminal history record information for the purpose of screening individuals as a condition of licensure, employment, volunteering, or providing services on a regular basis in a licensed child welfare agency or foster or adoptive home approved by a child-placing agency.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 361	Virginia HB 361 (2024)	bill		enacted	Shelly A. Simonds	4	29	6	2024-01-06	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/5017c3a6-60ad-4b5c-8059-789aa528df2b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB361	6e5d77450ebb96dbc5a0c941d3e97f95a1ca668198d627cd6aa2d4a539f6c915	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 361 (2024) — Criminal history record information; dissemination of information to DSS.

Dissemination of criminal history record information; Department of Social Services. Authorizes the Department of Social Services to obtain criminal history record information for the purpose of screening individuals as a condition of licensure, employment, volunteering, or providing services on a regular basis in a licensed child welfare agency or foster or adoptive home approved by a child-placing agency.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0526 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB361ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102257D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24102257D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102257D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-06 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB361)
• 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-23 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-26 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-26 Engrossed by House as amended HB361E
• 2024-01-26 Printed as engrossed 24102257D-E
• 2024-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB361E)
• 2024-01-29 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-29 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-30 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB361ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB361ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 526 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0526)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5017c3a6-60ad-4b5c-8059-789aa528df2b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).