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VA SB 243

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Adult protective services; creates adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation central registry.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Adult protective services; adult abuse, neglect and exploitation central registry. Creates a central registry of substantiated complaints of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation to be maintained by the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. The bill establishes (i) investigation requirements for local departments of social services related to reports of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (ii) record retention and disclosure requirements for the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services and local departments of social services; (iii) notice requirements related to findings by local departments and central registry entries; and (iv) an appeals process to contest the findings of a local department related to substantiated reports of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation. The bill directs the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and exempts the Commissioner's initial adoption of such regulations from the provisions of the Administrative Process Act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028.

Introduced
2026-01-12
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-12 — Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Christopher T. Headprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-12

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100799D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-12

    Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-05

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB243)

  4. 2026-02-06

    Senate committee offered

  5. 2026-02-06

    Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)

    committee-passage

  6. 2026-02-06

    Committee substitute printed 26107234D-S1

    substitution

  7. 2026-02-11

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB243)

  8. 2026-02-12

    Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute

    2026-02-06 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: yes
    • Bryce E. Reeves: yes
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • Scott A. Surovell: yes
    • Bill DeSteph: yes
    • Christopher T. Head: yes
    • Emily M. Jordan: yes
    • Angelia Williams Graves: yes
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: not voting
    • Timmy French: yes
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
    • Mark J. Peake: yes
    • Danica A. Roem: yes
    • Michael J. Jones: yes

  • Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations

    2026-02-12 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • L. Louise Lucas: yes
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • David W. Marsden: yes
    • Adam P. Ebbin: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: yes
    • Mark D. Obenshain: yes
    • Richard H. Stuart: yes
    • Bryce E. Reeves: yes
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • Scott A. Surovell: yes
    • Jeremy S. McPike: yes
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
    • Todd E. Pillion: yes
    • Aaron R. Rouse: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB243

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