# Virginia HB1833: Small Family Day Home Provider Incentive Pilot Program; established, sunset.

Virginia HB1833, Small Family Day Home Provider Incentive Pilot Program; established, sunset., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Shelly A. Simonds (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-05-02 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674)) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB1833
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Small Family Day Home Provider Incentive Pilot Program; established, sunset.
- Status: to governor
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-06
- Last action: 2025-05-02, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674)
- Sponsor: Shelly A. Simonds (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 10 (329 yes, 81 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Small Family Day Home Provider Incentive Pilot Program established. Establishes the four-year Small Family Day Home Provider Incentive Pilot Program whereby funds are provided to the Ready Region Chesapeake Bay lead to work in conjunction with public and private partners to (i) cover the cost of hiring a Navigator focused on providing training and support to small family day homes in the region, including weekend training sessions to provide information on first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification, medication administration, safe sleep practices, emergency planning, recordkeeping, insurance, and compliance with relevant local ordinances, and (ii) provide incentive payments of $500 to any small family day home in the region (a) that is not licensed or voluntarily registered when such home achieves voluntary registration, (b) that is voluntarily registered or otherwise unlicensed when such home achieves licensure, and (c) when such home first participates in the Virginia Quality Birth to Five (VQB5) system. The bill requires the Ready Region Chesapeake Bay lead to annually collect and make publicly available data on the number of small family day homes in the region that (1) participated in the weekend trainings provided by the Navigator and (2) received incentive payments for first achieving voluntary registration or licensure or participating in VQB5.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Shelly A. Simonds (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-02 | House | House rejected Governor's recommendation | fail | 35 | 60 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-13 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-28 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 78 | 21 |   |
| 2025-01-22 | House | Reported from Appropriations | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-20 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (36)

- 2025-05-02: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0674) (Governor)
- 2025-05-02: Approved by Governor-Chapter 674 (Effective 07/01/25) (Governor)
- 2025-04-02: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 (Governor)
- 2025-04-02: Communicated to Governor (House)
- 2025-04-02: House rejected Governor's recommendation (35-Y 60-N) (House)
- 2025-03-24: Governor's recommendation received by House (Governor)
- 2025-03-24: Governor's substitute printed (HB1833H1) (House)
- 2025-03-11: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., (date) (Governor)
- 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 (House)
- 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1833) (House)
- 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1833ER) (House)
- 2025-03-07: Enrolled (House)
- 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-02-20: Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Read third time (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Assigned Education sub: Public Education (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: Read third time and passed House (78-Y 21-N) (House)
- 2025-01-27: Read second time and engrossed (House)
- 2025-01-27: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar (House)
- 2025-01-24: Read first time (House)
- 2025-01-22: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-20: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-17: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1833) (House)
- 2025-01-11: Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary Education (House)
- 2025-01-06: Referred to Committee on Appropriations (House)
- 2025-01-06: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103202D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2025-05-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079812.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079811.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-03-25: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074611.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074610.PDF)
- Gov Recommendation, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073556.HTML)
- Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068617.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068616.PDF)
- Introduced, 2025-01-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013266.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013265.PDF)

## Related bills

- HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted)
- SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed)
- HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed)
- HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed)
- SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed)
- HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor)

## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079812.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079811.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074611.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074610.PDF)
- [Gov Recommendation (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073556.HTML)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068617.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068616.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013266.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013265.PDF)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1833-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).
