republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1730.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care; security freeze on credit report."
description: "Requires local departments of social services to request the placement of a security freeze on the credit report or record of any child who has been in foster care for at least six months in order to prevent cases of identity theft and misuse of personal identifying information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1730"
citation: "Virginia HB 1730 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minors", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily M. Brewer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2018-12-19"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c107740c-3406-41f0-88e3-6fb9e9197708"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1730"
source_hash: "4b0dd457d17540e3fa58e0876f1e07ab6f0a17218df22487feeb29ae478f27f2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1730 (2019) — Foster care; security freeze on credit report.

Requires local departments of social services to request the placement of a security freeze on the credit report or record of any child who has been in foster care for at least six months in order to prevent cases of identity theft and misuse of personal identifying information.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0677)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1730ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1730ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105173D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1730H1)
4. **House: Conference substitute printed 19107289D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1730H2)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101193D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1730)
6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1730ASE)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by House — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment rejected by House — **0–95** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emily M. Brewer — primary (person)
- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
- Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101193D `introduction`
- **2018-12-19** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 19105173D-H1
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1730H1
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** Reading of amendment waived
- **2019-02-15** Amendment by Senator Reeves agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-15** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-19** Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)
- **2019-02-20** Senate requested conference committee
- **2019-02-21** House acceded to request
- **2019-02-21** Conferees appointed by House
- **2019-02-21** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2019-02-21** Amended by conference committee
- **2019-02-21** Conference substitute printed 19107289D-H2
- **2019-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- **2019-03-07** Enrolled
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-09** Signed by President
- **2019-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- **2019-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 677 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c107740c-3406-41f0-88e3-6fb9e9197708`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).