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VA HB1414

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/16/2026

Primary Sponsor

Delores McQuinn

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands mandatory reporting requirements for suspected child abuse or neglect to explicitly include violations of Virginia's child sexual exploitation and solicitation statutes (§§ 18.2-370 through 18.2-370.6 and § 18.2-374.3)

  • Extends mandatory reporter categories to cover coaches, directors, and volunteers with public or private school athletics programs, including interscholastic teams and clubs

  • Creates new Class 1 misdemeanor penalty for failure to report suspected abuse within 24 hours at hospitals, institutions, or facilities where children are placed for care and treatment

  • Establishes Class 6 felony penalty for second or subsequent convictions of failure to report at child care institutions

  • Maintains existing penalties for general failure to report: fines up to $500 for first offense, minimum $1,000 for subsequent failures, with Class 1 misdemeanor for knowingly failing to report rape, sodomy, or sexual battery cases

Legislative Description

Children; certain injuries to be reported by physicians, etc., penalties for failure to report.

Last Action

Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 6-N 0-A)

3/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Finance and Appropriations3/2/2026
Courts of Justice2/18/2026
Courts of Justice: Criminal2/10/2026
Courts of Justice1/22/2026

Full Bill Text

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