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HB577Introduced in the House of Delegates

Social work; applicants for licensure, criminal background check, report.

Passed

Introduced by Jackie Glass, District 93

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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 that such applicant disputes the criminal history information on which a denial of licensure privilege is based. The bill specifies that no criminal history record information obtained from a national criminal history record check conducted for employment or licensing purposes pursuant to federal law shall only be further disseminated to a federal, state, or local government agency or entity. The bill also specifies that any state or local government agency or entity that receives such record information shall not disseminate such information to any private person or entity. The bill also requires the Department of State Police (the Department) to convene a work group to review potential issues and concerns regarding the dissemination of criminal history record information. The bill requires the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2026. The bill has a partial delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0628)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

6 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) · March 12, 2026

97

Yes

1

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Yes
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103216D

  2. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Assigned sub: Health Professions

  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB577)

  5. House subcommittee offered

  6. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)

  7. Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26106090D-H1

  9. Read first time

  10. Read second time

  11. committee substitute agreed to

  12. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  13. Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)

  14. Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House

  15. Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)

  16. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  17. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  18. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB577)

  19. Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

  20. Committee substitute printed 26108952D-S1

  21. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB577)

  22. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)

  23. Committee substitute printed 26109434D-S2

  24. Rules suspended

  25. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)

  26. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  27. Read third time

  28. Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)

  29. Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to

  30. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

  31. Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  32. Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  33. Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  34. Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)

  35. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB577)

  36. Enrolled

  37. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB577ER)

  38. Signed by President

  39. Signed by Speaker

  40. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  41. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  42. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB577)

  43. Approved by Governor - Chapter 628 (effective - 7/1/2027)

  44. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0628)

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