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type: "Bill"
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title: "Children's residential facility; Off. of Children's Ombudsman to interview children in foster care."
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description: "Office of the Children's Ombudsman; children's residential facility. Authorizes the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to request that the Department of Social Services, the local department of social services, a children's residential facility, or a child-placing agency grant access and provide consent to interview children in foster care who are the subject of or the complainant in an investigation. The bill also contains technical amendments."
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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 317"
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citation: "Virginia HB 317 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra D. Gardner"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-05"
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last_action: "2024-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e44f19b7-4b77-488f-8559-f9a36a029d69"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB317"
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source_hash: "35ee8500cb01a0d658cb3107ec50f24c93ae28cd823071b58a740870c3a5224a"
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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 317 (2024) — Children's residential facility; Off. of Children's Ombudsman to interview children in foster care.
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Office of the Children's Ombudsman; children's residential facility. Authorizes the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to request that the Department of Social Services, the local department of social services, a children's residential facility, or a child-placing agency grant access and provide consent to interview children in foster care who are the subject of or the complainant in an investigation. The bill also contains technical amendments.
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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. **CHAP0280** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0280)
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2. **HB317ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB317ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103166D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB317)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Debra D. Gardner — primary (person)
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- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103166D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB317)
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- **2024-01-24** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-25** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-30** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-30** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-23** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB317ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB317ER)
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- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** 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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- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 280 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0280)
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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/e44f19b7-4b77-488f-8559-f9a36a029d69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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