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Bill Children; certain injuries to be reported by physicians, etc., penalties for failure to report. Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported by physicians, nurses, teachers, etc.; penalties for failure to report. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person required to file a report, pursuant to relevant law, who fails to do so as soon as possible, but not longer than 24 hours after having reason to suspect a reportable offense of child abuse or neglect where such reportable offense is alleged to have occurred at a private or state-operated hospital, institution, or facility to which children have been committed or where children have been placed for care and treatment. The bill also provides that a second or subsequent conviction is a Class 6 felony. The bill further expands the mandatory reporting requirements for certain enumerated persons in their professional or official capacities to include certain offenses related to children and certain obscenity and related offenses and applies all such mandatory reporting requirements to all public and private school athletics program coaches, directors, and adult volunteers, including those associated with interscholastic teams and clubs. Under current law, the mandatory reporting requirements apply to such enumerated persons who suspect that a child is an abused or neglected child and to public or private sports organization or team athletic coaches, directors, or adult volunteers. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 1414 Virginia HB 1414 (2026)
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Virginia HB 1414 (2026) — Children; certain injuries to be reported by physicians, etc., penalties for failure to report.

Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported by physicians, nurses, teachers, etc.; penalties for failure to report. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person required to file a report, pursuant to relevant law, who fails to do so as soon as possible, but not longer than 24 hours after having reason to suspect a reportable offense of child abuse or neglect where such reportable offense is alleged to have occurred at a private or state-operated hospital, institution, or facility to which children have been committed or where children have been placed for care and treatment. The bill also provides that a second or subsequent conviction is a Class 6 felony. The bill further expands the mandatory reporting requirements for certain enumerated persons in their professional or official capacities to include certain offenses related to children and certain obscenity and related offenses and applies all such mandatory reporting requirements to all public and private school athletics program coaches, directors, and adult volunteers, including those associated with interscholastic teams and clubs. Under current law, the mandatory reporting requirements apply to such enumerated persons who suspect that a child is an abused or neglected child and to public or private sports organization or team athletic coaches, directors, or adult volunteers.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. Criminal Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Delegate McQuinn Amendments (committee substitute) — source
  5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  6. Senator Perry Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 140 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 926 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsider R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsider R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 150 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 905 (pass) · lower
  • Reconsider R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 73 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 192 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
  • Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
  • Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
  • Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
  • JJ Singh — cosponsor (person)
  • Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
  • Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
  • Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
  • Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
  • Lindsey Dougherty — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
  • Margaret A. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
  • May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
  • Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
  • Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
  • Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
  • Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-22 Presented and ordered printed 26105664D introduction
  • 2026-01-22 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/23/2026 3:14 pm)
  • 2026-02-10 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal referral-committee
  • 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1414)
  • 2026-02-11 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) substitution
  • 2026-02-13 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26106738D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-16 Floor offered Delegate McQuinn Amendments
  • 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-02-16 Delegate McQuinn Floor amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended substitution
  • 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1414)
  • 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/2/2026 8:52 am)
  • 2026-03-03 Committee substitute printed 26108938D-S1 substitution
  • 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/3/2026 3:52 pm)
  • 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1414)
  • 2026-03-09 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-10 Rules suspended
  • 2026-03-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-11 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-11 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) substitution
  • 2026-03-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-11 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of committee substitute agreed to (40-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
  • 2026-03-11 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-11 Floor offered Senator Perry Substitute
  • 2026-03-11 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2026-03-11 Senator Perry Substitute agreed to
  • 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/12/2026 8:30 am)
  • 2026-03-12 Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 6-N 0-A) substitution
  • 2026-03-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1414)
  • 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1414ER) passage
  • 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1414)
  • 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 845 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7587c105-fddc-4be7-8a9d-e4094a27bfba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).