Foster care; termination of parental rights, relatives and fictive kin. (HB1962)

Introduced By

Del. Wendy Gooditis (D-Clarke) with support from 6 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Karrie Delaney (D-Centreville), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Del. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Sterling)

Progress

✓	Introduced
☐	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Foster care; termination of parental rights; relatives and fictive kin. Requires local departments of social services and licensed child-placing agencies to involve in the development of a child's foster care plan the child's relatives and fictive kin who are interested in the child's welfare. The bill requires that a child 12 years of age or older be involved in the development of his foster care plan; under current law, a child's involvement is mandatory upon reaching 14 years of age. The bill contains other amendments to provisions governing foster care and termination of parental rights that encourage the placement of children with relatives and fictive kin. Read the Bill »

Status

04/12/2021: Awaiting a Vote in the Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee

History

Date	Action
01/11/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102613D
01/11/2021	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
01/15/2021	Assigned HWI sub: Social Services
01/18/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB1962)
01/27/2021	House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
01/28/2021	House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
01/28/2021	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2021	Committee substitute printed 21103967D-H1
02/01/2021	Read first time
02/02/2021	Read second time
02/02/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 21103967D-H1
02/02/2021	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1962H1
02/02/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB1962H1)
02/03/2021	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
02/03/2021	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/03/2021	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
02/03/2021	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/03/2021	VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/04/2021	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
02/05/2021	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2021	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2021	Read third time
02/16/2021	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/19/2021	Enrolled
02/19/2021	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1962ER)
02/19/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB1962ER)
02/19/2021	Signed by Speaker
02/22/2021	Signed by President
02/24/2021	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
02/24/2021	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
03/31/2021	Governor's recommendation received by House
04/07/2021	Placed on Calendar
04/07/2021	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
04/07/2021	VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
04/07/2021	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
04/07/2021	G Governor's recommendation adopted
04/07/2021	Reenrolled
04/07/2021	Reenrolled bill text (HB1962ER2)
04/07/2021	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/07/2021	Signed by President as reenrolled
04/07/2021	Enacted, Chapter 535 (effective 7/1/21)