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type: "Bill"
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title: "Early childhood care and education; exemption from licensure for certain child day programs."
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description: "Early childhood care and education; publiclyfunded providers; exemption from licensure for certain child dayprograms. Excepts military child care fee assistance or any childcare subsidy paid by a branch of the Armed Forces of the United Statesfrom the federal funds that would otherwise render a child day programas a \"publicly funded provider,\" as that term is defined and usedin relevant law relating to early childhood care and education. Thebill also exempts from licensure by the Superintendent of PublicInstruction any child day program that (i) serves only dependent children of military personnel and (ii) (a) is located on a militarybase or federal property or (b) is certified as a family child careprovider by a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States andprovides that any branch of the Armed Forces of the United Statesor its agent, including an installation commander of a military baseon which a child day program is located, may assume responsibilityfor approving or determining which children may be served by theprogram that is so exempted from licensure."
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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 739"
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citation: "Virginia HB 739 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Briana D. Sewell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9c14f96-df8f-4edc-aaa1-3c20eb7861b8"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB739"
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source_hash: "fd71d8f80483a8b55565eac62c96966571c8fd168f78765486b262a0ceebbf4b"
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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 739 (2024) — Early childhood care and education; exemption from licensure for certain child day programs.
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Early childhood care and education; publiclyfunded providers; exemption from licensure for certain child dayprograms. Excepts military child care fee assistance or any childcare subsidy paid by a branch of the Armed Forces of the United Statesfrom the federal funds that would otherwise render a child day programas a "publicly funded provider," as that term is defined and usedin relevant law relating to early childhood care and education. Thebill also exempts from licensure by the Superintendent of PublicInstruction any child day program that (i) serves only dependent children of military personnel and (ii) (a) is located on a militarybase or federal property or (b) is certified as a family child careprovider by a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States andprovides that any branch of the Armed Forces of the United Statesor its agent, including an installation commander of a military baseon which a child day program is located, may assume responsibilityfor approving or determining which children may be served by theprogram that is so exempted from licensure.
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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. **CHAP0049** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0049)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106106D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB739H1)
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3. **HB739ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB739ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101358D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB739)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
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- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101358D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB739)
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- **2024-01-19** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-05** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-05** Committee substitute printed 24106106D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-05** Incorporates Hb146 (Tata)
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- **2024-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB739H1)
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- **2024-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute agreed to 24106106D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB739H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-09** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB739ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB739ER)
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- **2024-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 49 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0049)
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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/c9c14f96-df8f-4edc-aaa1-3c20eb7861b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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