# Virginia SB243: Adult protective services; creates adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation central registry.

Virginia SB243, Adult protective services; creates adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation central registry., is a 2027 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Christopher T. Head (Republican); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB243
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Adult protective services; creates adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation central registry.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-12
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: Christopher T. Head (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Adult protective services; adult abuse, neglect and exploitation central registry. Creates a central registry of substantiated complaints of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation to be maintained by the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. The bill establishes (i) investigation requirements for local departments of social services related to reports of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation; (ii) record retention and disclosure requirements for the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services and local departments of social services; (iii) notice requirements related to findings by local departments and central registry entries; and (iv) an appeals process to contest the findings of a local department related to substantiated reports of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation. The bill directs the Commissioner for Aging and Rehabilitative Services to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill and exempts the Commissioner's initial adoption of such regulations from the provisions of the Administrative Process Act. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2028.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Christopher T. Head (Republican), Senate

## Actions (9)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB243) (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: Committee substitute printed 26107234D-S1 (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: Senate committee offered (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB243) (Senate)
- 2026-01-12: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services (Senate)
- 2026-01-12: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100799D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Substitute, 2026-02-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229785.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231381.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229784.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231380.PDF)
- Introduced, 2026-01-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231523.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231522.PDF)

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- HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information. (introduced)
- SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset. (in committee)
- SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment. (in committee)
- SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion State Prison. (in committee)

## Sources
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229785.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231381.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1229784.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231380.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231523.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231522.PDF)

## Related
- [SB844: Licensed clinical psychologists; prescriptive authority; report.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB844-2027)
- [HB1535: Individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities; admissibility of s…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1535-2027)
- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
- [SB843: Data centers; state permitting, local approval, moratorium, sunset.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB843-2027)
- [SB842: High school student athletes; eligibility, enrollment.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB842-2027)
- [SB840: Corrections, Director of the Department of; placement of inmates, Red Onion Sta…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB840-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB243-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).