2026 Regular Session
HB635
Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement
Requiring individuals who will have direct contact with children in certain child care facilities to submit to a criminal history records check; requiring the State Department of Education to establish a centralized unit for the processing and management of information about criminal history records checks; requiring the Department to submit a report to the General Assembly by October 1, 2028, related to its review of the process for background checks; etc.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 18, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
133 yea–0 nay · 3 not voting · 5 absent
April 9, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
34 yea–0 nay · 13 absent
Committee referrals
March 19, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
January 30, 2026 · House
Ways and Means
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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House Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360
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House Returned Passed
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Senate Third Reading Passed (34-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed
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Senate Favorable Adopted
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Senate Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (133-0) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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House Favorable with Amendments {813920/1 Adopted View roll call
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
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House Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Ways and Means