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HB 896 Private school employees, certain; requirement of background checks.
Introduced by: Thomas A. "Tag" Greason | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Background checks; certain private school employees. Requires the governing board or administrator of a private elementary or secondary school that is accredited pursuant to § 22.1-19 of the Code of Virginia that operates a child welfare agency regulated by the Department of Social Services to accept evidence of a background check conducted by the Department of Social Services in lieu of a background check in accordance with the requirements governing private schools, beginning on July 1, 2016. The bill also requires governing boards or administrators of private schools accredited pursuant to § 22.1-19 to require, as a condition of employment, that any applicant who is offered or who accepts employment requiring direct contact with students provide written consent and personal information necessary to obtain a search of the central registry of founded complaints of child abuse and neglect maintained by the Department of Social Services beginning on July 1, 2016.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103837D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105002D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB896ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454) pdf
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0454) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103837D
- 01/12/16 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/20/16 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
- 02/09/16 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105002D-H1
- 02/09/16 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/09/16 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 02/09/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/16 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/16 House: Read first time
- 02/15/16 House: Read second time
- 02/15/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16105002D-H1
- 02/15/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB896H1
- 02/16/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/25/16 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/29/16 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/02/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB896ER)
- 03/02/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/07/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016
- 03/07/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/11/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 454 (effective - see bill)
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454)
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP0454)