Virginia Senate Bill 578 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Passed on April 8 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0861)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Early childhood care and education; licensing. Requires the Board of Education to establish a statewide unified public-private system for early childhood care and education in the Commonwealth to be administered by the Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Department of Education. The bill transfers the authority to license and regulate child day programs and other early child care agencies from the Board of Social Services and Department of Social Services to the Board of Education and Department of Education. The bill maintains current licensure, background check, and other requirements of such programs. Such provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021. The bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a plan for implementing the statewide unified early childhood care and education system and requires the Department of Social Services and the Department of Education to enter into a cooperative agreement to coordinate the transition. The bill also requires the Board of Education to establish, no later than July 1, 2021, a uniform quality rating and improvement system designed to provide parents and families with information about the quality and availability of certain publicly funded early childhood care and education providers and to publish the initial quality ratings under such system in the fall of 2023.

Early childhood care and education; establishment of system, definitions, licensure.

Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. John Bell [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]
Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]
Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]	Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]

2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (82-Y 15-N) (Y: 82 N: 15 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 20 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (31-Y 5-N) (Y: 31 N: 5 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 7-N) (Y: 31 N: 7 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-08		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0861)
2020-04-08		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 861 (effective - see bill)
2020-03-17		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-17	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-12	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-12	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB578ER)
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-24	Senate	Title replaced 20108279D-H1
2020-02-24	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
2020-02-20	House	VOTE: Passage (82-Y 15-N)
2020-02-20	House	Passed House with substitute (82-Y 15-N)
2020-02-20	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB578H1
2020-02-20	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20108279D-H1
2020-02-20	House	Read third time
2020-02-19	House	Read second time
2020-02-17	House	Committee substitute printed 20108279D-H1
2020-02-17	House	Reported from Education with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
2020-02-12	House	Referred to Committee on Education
2020-02-12	House	Read first time
2020-02-12	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-31	Senate	Passed Senate (31-Y 5-N)
2020-01-31	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 7-N)
2020-01-30	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB578S1
2020-01-30	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20105825D-S1
2020-01-30	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-30	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-28	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20105825D-S1
2020-01-28	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104558D

HB1012 (Same As) 2020-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0860)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	2292	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2824	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	741	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	914	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	255.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	370.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	370.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	389	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	390	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	1167	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	208.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3705.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	19	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	199.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	289.02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	289.056	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	296.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	299.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	341.10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	341.18:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	341.9	(n/a)	See Bill Text
51	1	617	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3005	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3408	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	439.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1509	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1515	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1700	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1701	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1701.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1702	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1704	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1704.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1706.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1708	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1715	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1716	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1717	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1720	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1720.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1721	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1721.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1722	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1723	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1724	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1725	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1727	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1734	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1738	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1809	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1813	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1815	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	207	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	215	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	501	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	601.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	603	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	914	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB578
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB578+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB578S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB578H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB578ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0861+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0049+SB0578
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0232SB0578+SB0578
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0253SB0578+SB0578
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0255SB0578+SB0578
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0256SB0578+SB0578
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H09V0212+SB0578
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1035+SB0578
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0859SB0578+SB0578