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type: "Bill"
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title: "Social work; applicants for licensure, criminal background check, report."
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description: "Social work; licensure; criminal background check. Requires applicants for licensure as a baccalaureate social worker, master's social worker, or clinical social worker to provide fingerprints and personal identifying information for a criminal background check, directs the Central Criminal Records Exchange to disseminate criminal history record information obtained to the Board of Social Work, and establishes the process by which an applicant may obtain his criminal history record in the event that such applicant disputes the criminal history information on which a denial of licensure privilege is based. The bill specifies that no criminal history record information obtained from a national criminal history record check conducted for employment or licensing purposes pursuant to federal law shall only be further disseminated to a federal, state, or local government agency or entity. The bill also specifies that any state or local government agency or entity that receives such record information shall not disseminate such information to any private person or entity. The bill also requires the Department of State Police (the Department) to convene a work group to review potential issues and concerns regarding the dissemination of criminal history record information. The bill requires the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026. The bill has a partial delayed effective date of July 1, 2027."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 577"
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citation: "Virginia HB 577 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jackie H. Glass"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a996cf9e-b8fa-4f44-9aed-d92ee52e2e91"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB577"
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source_hash: "cbce2db0f365c6680bf9d167997b1a48c6774dbb78b88bb4e3efaf70f546dcf7"
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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 577 (2026) — Social work; applicants for licensure, criminal background check, report.
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Social work; licensure; criminal background check. Requires applicants for licensure as a baccalaureate social worker, master's social worker, or clinical social worker to provide fingerprints and personal identifying information for a criminal background check, directs the Central Criminal Records Exchange to disseminate criminal history record information obtained to the Board of Social Work, and establishes the process by which an applicant may obtain his criminal history record in the event that such applicant disputes the criminal history information on which a denial of licensure privilege is based. The bill specifies that no criminal history record information obtained from a national criminal history record check conducted for employment or licensing purposes pursuant to federal law shall only be further disseminated to a federal, state, or local government agency or entity. The bill also specifies that any state or local government agency or entity that receives such record information shall not disseminate such information to any private person or entity. The bill also requires the Department of State Police (the Department) to convene a work group to review potential issues and concerns regarding the dissemination of criminal history record information. The bill requires the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026. The bill has a partial delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085012.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221577.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1190445.PDF)
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4. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203919.PDF)
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5. **Health Professions Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128631.PDF)
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6. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136621.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213488.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsider R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)
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- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103216D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB577)
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- **2026-02-05** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute printed 26106090D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-13** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2026-02-16** Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB577)
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- **2026-03-02** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Committee substitute printed 26108952D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB577)
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- **2026-03-09** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Committee substitute printed 26109434D-S2 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-10** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-11** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB577)
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB577ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB577)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 628 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0628)
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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/a996cf9e-b8fa-4f44-9aed-d92ee52e2e91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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