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type: "Bill"
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title: "Children's advocacy centers; definitions, investigations by local departments of social services."
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description: "Children's advocacy centers; definitions; investigationsby local departments of social services. Replaces the term \"childadvocacy center\" with \"children's advocacy center\" and defines suchterm. The bill provides that if during the course of an investigationof child abuse by a local department of social services a local multidisciplinaryteam determines that an interview of the child by a children's advocacycenter is needed and such interview cannot be completed within thejurisdiction within 14 days, the local department of social services may facilitate the interview with another trained child forensicinterviewer. The bill also provides that if it is determined duringa human trafficking assessment that a forensic interview of the childis needed, such interview may be conducted by a children's advocacycenter within the jurisdiction; however, if the interview cannotbe completed within 14 days, the forensic interview may be conductedby a children's advocacy center located in another jurisdiction or another trained child forensic interviewer."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1128"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1128 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39c9f134-6173-49b0-a7d9-5f31585eb5d4"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1128"
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source_hash: "f028e051804d0051fccfadb736edeba0aea2669a642ac30aaf5a18ad4b99bda7"
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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 1128 (2024) — Children's advocacy centers; definitions, investigations by local departments of social services.
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Children's advocacy centers; definitions; investigationsby local departments of social services. Replaces the term "childadvocacy center" with "children's advocacy center" and defines suchterm. The bill provides that if during the course of an investigationof child abuse by a local department of social services a local multidisciplinaryteam determines that an interview of the child by a children's advocacycenter is needed and such interview cannot be completed within thejurisdiction within 14 days, the local department of social services may facilitate the interview with another trained child forensicinterviewer. The bill also provides that if it is determined duringa human trafficking assessment that a forensic interview of the childis needed, such interview may be conducted by a children's advocacycenter within the jurisdiction; however, if the interview cannotbe completed within 14 days, the forensic interview may be conductedby a children's advocacy center located in another jurisdiction or another trained child forensic interviewer.
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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. **CHAP0829** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0829)
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2. **HB1128ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1128ER)
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3. **HB1128ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1128ER2)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100557D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1128)
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5. **Printed as engrossed 24100557D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1128E)
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## Votes
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- BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — primary (person)
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- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100557D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1128)
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- **2024-01-19** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-02** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended HB1128E
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- **2024-02-02** Printed as engrossed 24100557D-E
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- **2024-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1128E)
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- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-05** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-16** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1128ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1128ER)
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- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-04-17** BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (HB1128ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 829 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
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- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0829)
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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/39c9f134-6173-49b0-a7d9-5f31585eb5d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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