Why 4/5: Directly impacts the legal responsibilities and potential liabilities of school athletics staff and volunteers regarding student safety.
This bill expands mandatory child abuse and neglect reporting requirements to explicitly include all public and private school athletics program coaches, directors, and adult volunteers. It also broadens the types of offenses that must be reported by these school personnel and establishes new misdemeanor and felony penalties for failure to report certain offenses within 24 hours.
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Floor offered Senator Perry Substitute
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Reading of substitute waived
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Senator Perry Substitute agreed to
Passed a chamber
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/12/2026 8:30 am)
Substitute adopted
Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 6-N 0-A)
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Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1414)
Enrolled
Enrolled
Passed a chamber
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1414ER)
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Passed a chamber
Signed by President
Passed a chamber
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
Sent to the Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
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Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1414)
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 845 (effective 7/1/2026)