---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fostering Futures program; established."
description: "Fostering Futures program. Establishes the Fostering Futures program to provide services and support to individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 who were in foster care as a minor and are transitioning to full adulthood and self-sufficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 400"
citation: "Virginia HB 400 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Keam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-02"
last_action: "2020-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/625146a7-a03d-414c-9409-aa61fe615d6d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB400"
source_hash: "aafe9029d7b11f7d592ec3cd1106aa306a4e5a3fc0603f5e3347ec7b7135744a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 400 (2020) — Fostering Futures program; established.

Fostering Futures program. Establishes the Fostering Futures program to provide services and support to individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 who were in foster care as a minor and are transitioning to full adulthood and self-sufficiency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0095)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0095)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB400ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB400ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB400E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB400E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB400)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB400)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Referred from Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
- Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100616D `introduction`
- **2020-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Referred from Courts of Justice
- **2020-01-15** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB400)
- **2020-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-04** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB400E
- **2020-02-06** Printed as engrossed 20100616D-E
- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB400E)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
- **2020-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB400ER)
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 95 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/625146a7-a03d-414c-9409-aa61fe615d6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).