HB 1414 VA

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Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported by physicians, nurses, teachers, etc.; penalties for failure to report. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person required to file a report, pursuant to relevant law, who fails to do so as soon as possible, but not longer than 24 hours after having reason to suspect a reportable offense of child abuse or neglect where such reportable offense is alleged to have occurred at a private or state-operated hospital, institution, or facility to which children have been committed or where children have been placed for care and treatment. The bill also provides that a second or subsequent conviction is a Class 6 felony. The bill further expands the mandatory reporting requirements for certain enumerated persons in their professional or official capacities to include certain offenses related to children and certain obscenity and related offenses and applies all such mandatory reporting requirements to all public and private school athletics program coaches, directors, and adult volunteers, including those associated with interscholastic teams and clubs. Under current law, the mandatory reporting requirements apply to such enumerated persons who suspect that a child is an abused or neglected child and to public or private sports organization or team athletic coaches, directors, or adult volunteers.

• Delores L. McQuinn Democratic · primary

1. Jan 22, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26105664D · lower
2. Jan 22, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · lower
3. Jan 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/23/2026 3:14 pm) · lower
4. Feb 10, 2026 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal · lower
5. Feb 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1414) · lower
6. Feb 11, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
7. Feb 11, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) · lower
8. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 2-N) · lower
9. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106738D-H1 · lower
10. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
11. Feb 16, 2026 Floor offered Delegate McQuinn Amendments · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
13. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
14. Feb 16, 2026 Delegate McQuinn Floor amendments agreed to · lower
15. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended · lower
16. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N 0-A) · lower
17. Feb 17, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1414) · lower
18. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
19. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
20. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
21. Mar 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/2/2026 8:52 am) · lower
22. Mar 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108938D-S1 · upper
23. Mar 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/3/2026 3:52 pm) · lower
24. Mar 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1414) · lower
25. Mar 9, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
26. Mar 10, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
27. Mar 10, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
28. Mar 10, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
29. Mar 11, 2026 Read third time · upper
30. Mar 11, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
31. Mar 11, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
32. Mar 11, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
33. Mar 11, 2026 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
34. Mar 11, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
35. Mar 11, 2026 Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
36. Mar 11, 2026 Reconsideration of committee substitute agreed to (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
37. Mar 11, 2026 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote) · upper
38. Mar 11, 2026 Floor offered Senator Perry Substitute · upper
39. Mar 11, 2026 Reading of substitute waived · upper
40. Mar 11, 2026 Senator Perry Substitute agreed to · upper
41. Mar 11, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
42. Mar 12, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/12/2026 8:30 am) · lower
43. Mar 12, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 6-N 0-A) · lower
44. Mar 19, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1414) · lower
45. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
46. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1414ER) · lower
47. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
48. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
49. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
50. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
51. Apr 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1414) · lower
52. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 845 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Senator Perry Substitute · PDF
• Senator Perry Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Delegate McQuinn Amendments · HTML
• Criminal Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Criminal Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML