republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-626.md

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Bill	Barrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services, exception.	Barrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services; exception. Permits the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, providers of substance abuse or mental health services to adults, and community services boards and behavioral health authorities to hire applicants convicted of certain barrier crimes of misdemeanor assault and battery or involving controlled substances without additional screening or other requirements, provided that such conviction occurred more than five years prior to the application date for employment.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 626	Virginia SB 626 (2024)	bill		enacted	Todd E. Pillion	5	47	10	2024-01-10	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/53313ac7-fd90-4653-a112-28f375297d65	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB626	eee0e26b244ae7800faeda51d11a8ce2d4b0306f37f85ed368d7f36adf7988f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 626 (2024) — Barrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services, exception.

Barrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services; exception. Permits the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, providers of substance abuse or mental health services to adults, and community services boards and behavioral health authorities to hire applicants convicted of certain barrier crimes of misdemeanor assault and battery or involving controlled substances without additional screening or other requirements, provided that such conviction occurred more than five years prior to the application date for employment.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0683 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107756D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Conference substitute printed 24109038D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103351D (committee substitute) — source
5. SB626ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 4-N) — 11–4 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N) — 33–7 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) — 33–7 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 0–39 (fail) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N) — 93–4 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 2-N) — 93–2 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
• Aaron R. Rouse — cosponsor (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)
• Tammy Brankley Mulchi — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103351D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB626)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Committee substitute printed 24107756D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB626H1)
• 2024-02-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Committee substitute agreed to 24107756D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-23 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB626H1 substitution
• 2024-02-23 Passed House with substitute (94-Y 4-N) passage
• 2024-02-23 VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
• 2024-02-28 House insisted on substitute substitution
• 2024-02-28 House requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-01 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-01 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2024-03-01 Senators: Pillion, Perry, Carroll Foy
• 2024-03-04 Conferees appointed by House
• 2024-03-04 Delegates: Price, Tran, Cherry
• 2024-03-08 Amended by conference committee
• 2024-03-08 Conference substitute printed 24109038D-S1
• 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 2-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 2-N)
• 2024-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB626S1)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB626ER) 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
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB626ER)
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 683 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53313ac7-fd90-4653-a112-28f375297d65. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).