Social work; applicants for licensure, criminal background check, report.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 19.2-389, as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3707.2, relating to social work; licensure; criminal background check.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Social work; licensure; criminal background check. Requires applicants for licensure as a baccalaureate social worker, master's social worker, or clinical social worker to provide fingerprints and personal identifying information for a criminal background check, directs the Central Criminal Records Exchange to disseminate criminal history record information obtained to the Board of Social Work, and establishes the process by which an applicant may obtain his criminal history record in the event
From the official legislative record, shown verbatim. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 628 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
2
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Jackie H. GlassVirgil Thornton
Recorded votes
Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-12 · P · Y 97, X 1, N 1
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-11 · P · Y 40
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-11 · P · Y 40
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-11 · P · Y 39, X 1
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-10 · P · Y 37, X 3
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-03-09 · P · Y 14, X 1
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 15
Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-16 · P · Y 97, X 3
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-16 · P · Y 96, X 4
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-10 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 10
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 628.