Virginia House Bill 1721 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 17 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters. Adds to the list of persons who are required to report suspected child abuse or neglect ministers, priests, rabbis, imams, and duly accredited practitioners of any religious organization or denomination usually referred to as a church; however, the bill exempts such clergy members from the mandatory reporting requirement when the information supporting the suspicion of child abuse or neglect (i) is required by the doctrine of the religious organization or denomination to be kept confidential or (ii) would be subject to the exemptions set forth in §8.01-400 or 19.2-271.3 if offered as evidence in court.

Child abuse and neglect; mandatory reporters.

Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]

Del. Karrie Delaney [D]

2019-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2019-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
2019-01-24	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #4
2018-12-17	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-12-17	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101444D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	1509	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1721
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1721+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0804V0011+HB1721