Virginia Senate Bill 539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0810)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Child day programs; exemptions from licensure. Removes certain programs from the list of child day programs exempt from licensure and clarifies that such programs are not considered child day programs and therefore are not subject to licensure. The bill also modifies the terms of certain child day programs that remain listed as exempt from licensure and requires that such programs (i) file with the Commissioner of Social Services (the Commissioner), prior to beginning operation of a child day program and annually thereafter, a statement indicating the intent to operate a child day program, identifying the Code provision relied upon for exemption from licensure, and certifying that the child day program has disclosed to the parents of children in the program the fact that it is exempt from licensure; (ii) report to the Commissioner all incidents involving serious physical injury or death to children attending the child day program; (iii) have a person trained and certified in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) present at the child day program; (iv) maintain daily attendance records; (v) have an emergency preparedness plan in place; (vi) comply with all applicable laws and regulations governing transportation of children; (vii) comply with certain safe sleep practices for infants; and (viii) post in a visible location notice that the program is not licensed by the Department of Social Services and only certifies basic health and safety requirements. The bill exempts from licensure any program offered by a local school division, operated for no more than four hours per day, staffed by local school division employees, and attended by school-age children who are enrolled in public school within such school division. The bill also modifies staffing ratios for religious-exempt child day centers. The bill directs the Commissioner to (a) inspect child day programs that are exempt from licensure to determine compliance with the provisions of the bill only upon receipt of a complaint and (b) develop a process to gather and track aggregate data regarding child injuries and deaths that occur at such child day programs. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2019.

Child day programs; exemptions from licensure, removes certain programs from list.

Sen. Emmett Hanger [R]

2018-03-08 - Senate - Senate: House substitute with amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-07 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-03-02 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-20 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-04-09		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0810)
2018-04-09		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 810 (effective 7/1/19)
2018-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
2018-03-20	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2018
2018-03-12	Senate	Signed by President
2018-03-10	House	Signed by Speaker
2018-03-10	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB539ER)
2018-03-10	Senate	Enrolled
2018-03-08	Senate	Title replaced 18107190D-H1
2018-03-08	Senate	House substitute with amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2018-03-07	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2018-03-07	House	Passed House with substitute with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2018-03-07	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments SB539H1
2018-03-07	House	Committee amendments from Appropriations agreed to
2018-03-07	House	Committee substitute from Health, Welfare and Institutions agreed to 18107190D-H1
2018-03-07	House	Read third time
2018-03-06	House	Read second time
2018-03-02	House	Reported from Appropriations with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
2018-02-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
2018-02-22	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2018-02-20	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2018-02-20	House	Committee substitute printed 18107190D-H1
2018-02-20	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2018-01-31	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2018-01-31	House	Read first time
2018-01-31	House	Placed on Calendar
2018-01-26	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2018-01-25	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB539S1
2018-01-25	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 18105484D-S1
2018-01-25	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2018-01-25	Senate	Read second time
2018-01-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2018-01-23	Senate	Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
2018-01-19	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2018-01-19	Senate	Committee substitute printed 18105484D-S1
2018-01-19	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
2018-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2018-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100827D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	392.02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1715	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1716	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB539
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB539+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB539S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB539H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB539ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0810+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S09V0030+SB0539
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S05V0032+SB0539
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0119SB0539+SB0539
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0138SB0539+SB0539
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H12V0194+SB0539
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0205V0029+SB0539
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H02V0200+SB0539
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV1419+SB0539
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV1080SB0539+SB0539