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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: "SB 12"
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citation: "Virginia SB 12 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-11-21"
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last_action: "2024-04-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ce208b8-c2e5-462e-888e-2e66135c669c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB12"
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source_hash: "9cc19e29709be48f245cf7da9744a5774a581e77f1f8b581cac35848f3d20ef0"
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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 SB 12 (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. **CHAP0779** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0779)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100736D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB12)
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3. **Printed as engrossed 24100736D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB12E)
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4. **SB12ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB12ER)
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5. **SB12ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB12ER2)
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## Votes
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- BLOCK VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (72-Y 26-N) — **71–26** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
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- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-11-21** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100736D `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-11-21** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB12)
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- **2024-01-12** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-12** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-16** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2024-01-16** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-01-16** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB12E
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- **2024-01-16** Printed as engrossed 24100736D-E
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- **2024-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB12E)
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- **2024-01-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-01-18** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-20** Passed House (72-Y 26-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-20** VOTE: Passage (72-Y 26-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB12ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB12ER)
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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`
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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** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2024-03-09** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-04-17** BLOCK VOTE: (97-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 (SB12ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 779 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
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- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0779)
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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/4ce208b8-c2e5-462e-888e-2e66135c669c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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