republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-508.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child day program employees and volunteers; background checks, dissemination of information."
description: "Department of Education; background checks for child day program employees and volunteers; dissemination of information in certain circumstances. Requires the Department of Education, upon receiving a written request for a written certification from an individual, to provide written certification to an entity designated by the Department that provides staffing for child day programs that such individual satisfies all requirements set forth in relevant law and is eligible to serve as an employee, temporary employee, or volunteer in a child day program. The bill further provides that (i) each such written certification shall also state the date by which the individual is required to complete a new background check in accordance with the periodic requirement for such background checks, (ii) no such written certification shall reveal the nature of any disqualifying barrier crime committed by or founded complaint of child abuse or neglect against the individual, and (iii) any such written certification may be shared among child day programs for the purpose of facilitating the creation and maintenance of a child day program substitute staff pool system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 508"
citation: "Virginia HB 508 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Jane Cohen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8773d6b-8fc5-48be-9a16-e8953667a4fd"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB508"
source_hash: "3bfcec9b7e4d8fe54c84713e0e0a7823b9b0aebfa90277cf9607bca8cfce1889"
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 508 (2024) — Child day program employees and volunteers; background checks, dissemination of information.

Department of Education; background checks for child day program employees and volunteers; dissemination of information in certain circumstances. Requires the Department of Education, upon receiving a written request for a written certification from an individual, to provide written certification to an entity designated by the Department that provides staffing for child day programs that such individual satisfies all requirements set forth in relevant law and is eligible to serve as an employee, temporary employee, or volunteer in a child day program. The bill further provides that (i) each such written certification shall also state the date by which the individual is required to complete a new background check in accordance with the periodic requirement for such background checks, (ii) no such written certification shall reveal the nature of any disqualifying barrier crime committed by or founded complaint of child abuse or neglect against the individual, and (iii) any such written certification may be shared among child day programs for the purpose of facilitating the creation and maintenance of a child day program substitute staff pool system.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0289** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0289)
2. **HB508ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB508ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102635D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB508)

## Votes

- Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102635D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-29** Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-02** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB508)
- **2024-02-14** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB508ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB508ER)
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 289 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0289)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8773d6b-8fc5-48be-9a16-e8953667a4fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).