Virginia Senate Bill 1720 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 18 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0438)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Kinship foster care; notice. Requires local boards of social services, when identifying foster care placement options, to take all reasonable steps to (i) determine whether the child has any relatives who may be eligible to become a kinship foster parent, (ii) provide notice to such relatives of their potential eligibility to become a kinship foster parent, and (iii) explain to such relatives any opportunities they may have to participate in the placement and care of the child, including opportunities available through kinship foster care or kinship guardianship. This bill is identical to HB 2758.

Kinship foster care; notice to relatives.

Sen. Monty Mason [D]

2019-02-13 - Senate - Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0438)
2019-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 438 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-20	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2019
2019-02-19	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-18	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-18	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1720ER)
2019-02-18	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-13	Senate	House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	House	Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2019-02-11	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2019-02-11	House	Passed by temporarily
2019-02-11	House	Read third time
2019-02-08	House	Read second time
2019-02-07	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2019-02-04	House	Read first time
2019-02-04	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-01-30	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-29	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2019-01-28	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2019-01-25	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
2019-01-16	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2019-01-16	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 19104368D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	900.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1720
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1720+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1720ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0438+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S09V0031+SB1720
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0215SB1720+SB1720
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0243SB1720+SB1720
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H12V0130+SB1720
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2655+SB1720
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0580SB1720+SB1720