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type: "Bill"
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title: "Barrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services, exception."
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description: "Barrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services; exception. Permits the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, providers of substance abuse or mental health services to adults, and community services boards and behavioral health authorities to hire applicants convicted of certain barrier crimes of misdemeanor assault and battery or involving controlled substances without additional screening or other requirements, provided that such conviction occurred more than five years prior to the application date for employment."
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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 626"
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citation: "Virginia SB 626 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53313ac7-fd90-4653-a112-28f375297d65"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB626"
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source_hash: "eee0e26b244ae7800faeda51d11a8ce2d4b0306f37f85ed368d7f36adf7988f6"
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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 626 (2024) — Barrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services, exception.
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Barrier crimes; adult substance abuse and mental health services; exception. Permits the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, providers of substance abuse or mental health services to adults, and community services boards and behavioral health authorities to hire applicants convicted of certain barrier crimes of misdemeanor assault and battery or involving controlled substances without additional screening or other requirements, provided that such conviction occurred more than five years prior to the application date for employment.
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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. **CHAP0683** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0683)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24107756D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB626H1)
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3. **Conference substitute printed 24109038D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB626S1)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103351D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB626)
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5. **SB626ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB626ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 4-N) — **11–4** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N) — **33–7** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 7-N) — **33–7** (pass) · upper
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- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — **0–39** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 2-N) — **93–2** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
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- Aaron R. Rouse — cosponsor (person)
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- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
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- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)
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- Tammy Brankley Mulchi — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103351D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB626)
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- **2024-02-02** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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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 Senate (33-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-07** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-07** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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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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- **2024-02-13** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-20** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-20** Committee substitute printed 24107756D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB626H1)
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- **2024-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-23** Committee substitute agreed to 24107756D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB626H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-23** Passed House with substitute (94-Y 4-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-23** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-27** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
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- **2024-02-28** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-02-28** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-01** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-01** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2024-03-01** Senators: Pillion, Perry, Carroll Foy
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- **2024-03-04** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2024-03-04** Delegates: Price, Tran, Cherry
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- **2024-03-08** Amended by conference committee
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- **2024-03-08** Conference substitute printed 24109038D-S1
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- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 2-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 2-N)
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- **2024-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB626S1)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB626ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB626ER)
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 683 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0683)
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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/53313ac7-fd90-4653-a112-28f375297d65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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