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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child protective services; investigation of complaints of child abuse or neglect."
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description: "Requires the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations that require local departments of social services to respond to valid reports and complaints alleging suspected abuse or neglect of a child under the age of two within 24 hours of receiving such reports or complaints."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 868"
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citation: "Virginia SB 868 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Minors", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2016-12-07"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9484d5a0-4767-443b-a190-ada3667cc325"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB868"
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source_hash: "9c758718502bcf97c76ed52c22152884ba03d6a8b19678243826f1282bfaede9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 868 (2017) — Child protective services; investigation of complaints of child abuse or neglect.
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Requires the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations that require local departments of social services to respond to valid reports and complaints alleging suspected abuse or neglect of a child under the age of two within 24 hours of receiving such reports or complaints.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0604)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0604)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB868ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB868ER)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104018D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB868S1)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100860D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB868)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Finance — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100860D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-07** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-27** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 17104018D-S1
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- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB868S1
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- **2017-02-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-09** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-23** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
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- **2017-02-23** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 604 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9484d5a0-4767-443b-a190-ada3667cc325`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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