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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters."
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description: "Adds to the list of persons who are required to report suspected child abuse or neglect ministers, priests, rabbis, imams, and duly accredited practitioners of any religious organization or denomination usually referred to as a church; however, the bill exempts such clergy members from the mandatory reporting requirement when the information supporting the suspicion of child abuse or neglect (i) is required by the doctrine of the religious organization or denomination to be kept confidential or (ii) would be subject to the exemptions set forth in § 8.01-400 or 19.2-271.3 if offered as evidence in court. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1659"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1659 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Welfare (Social Services)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 13
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first_action: "2018-12-01"
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last_action: "2019-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec36c44c-272c-4c1c-a7a5-8cfca598f0ce"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1659"
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source_hash: "7ad295ed31384788ef9c0b82746a8f23b3120d389297ed5bf7a6644776806377"
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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 HB 1659 (2019) — Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters.
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Adds to the list of persons who are required to report suspected child abuse or neglect ministers, priests, rabbis, imams, and duly accredited practitioners of any religious organization or denomination usually referred to as a church; however, the bill exempts such clergy members from the mandatory reporting requirement when the information supporting the suspicion of child abuse or neglect (i) is required by the doctrine of the religious organization or denomination to be kept confidential or (ii) would be subject to the exemptions set forth in § 8.01-400 or 19.2-271.3 if offered as evidence in court. This bill is identical to
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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 (CHAP0414)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0414)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1659ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1659ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100396D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1659)
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4. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1659ASE)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by House — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate insisted on amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate amendment rejected by House — **1–95** (fail) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
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- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
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- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
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- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra H. Rodman — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
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- Janet D. Howell — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
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- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-12-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100396D `introduction`
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- **2018-12-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-24** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-28** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
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- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-08** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-14** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2019-02-14** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-14** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-18** Senate amendment rejected by House (1-Y 95-N)
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- **2019-02-19** Senate requested conference committee
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- **2019-02-20** House acceded to request
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- **2019-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2019-02-21** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2019-02-21** Amended by conference committee
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- **2019-02-21** Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2019-02-22** Passed by temporarily
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- **2019-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2019-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-03-09** Signed by President
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- **2019-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
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- **2019-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 414 (effective 7/1/19) `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/ec36c44c-272c-4c1c-a7a5-8cfca598f0ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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