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VA HB 266

died on adjournment

Child abuse and neglect; creates centralized intake and validity determination.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Department of Social Services; centralized intake and validity determination for child abuse and neglect. Creates a centralized system for intake for reports and complaints of child abuse or neglect. The bill directs the Department of Social Services to be the agency responsible for the intake of reports and complaints of child abuse or neglect and specifies that the Department shall determine the validity of such reports and complaints. Under current law, local departments of social services are the agency responsible for the intake of reports and complaints of child abuse and it determines the validity of such reports and complaints. The bill eliminates the requirement that local departments must be capable of receiving and responding to reports and complaints of abuse or neglect and instead requires that any complaint of child abuse or neglect received by a local department shall be immediately forwarded to the Department's child abuse and neglect intake system.

Introduced
2026-01-09
Status date
—
Latest action
2026-02-18 — Left in Committee Health and Human Services
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Anne Ferrell Tataprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-09

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104853D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-09

    Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-20

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB266)

  4. 2026-01-27

    Assigned sub: Social Services

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-02-05

    Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N)

  6. 2026-02-18

    Left in Committee Health and Human Services

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

    2026-02-05 · pass · 6-2

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
    • Irene Shin: yes
    • Debra D. Gardner: yes
    • Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: yes
    • Laura Jane Cohen: yes
    • Nicole Cole: yes
    • Wendell S. Walker: no
    • Mitchell Cornett: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB266

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