---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care; housing support for persons between ages 18 and 21."
description: "Foster care; housing support for persons between ages 18 and 21."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022S1"
identifier: "HB 349"
citation: "Virginia HB 349 (2022S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tata"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f7a5a69-6e58-4b39-b54a-fcbe5f52b985"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+sum+HB349"
source_hash: "d08499fee0a399db10b04fc20daf94ba8319f91ad3c2687e5580fdbb98f99751"
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 349 (2022S1) — Foster care; housing support for persons between ages 18 and 21.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0007** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+CHAP0007)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105423D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB349H1)
3. **HB349ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB349ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101598D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB349)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Rejected (2-Y 95-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tata — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101598D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-01-27** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Committee substitute printed 22105423D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-01-27** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB349H1)
- **2022-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-02** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 22105423D-H1
- **2022-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB349H1
- **2022-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-08** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2022-02-08** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-09** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Reading of amendment waived
- **2022-03-03** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-03-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Senate amendment rejected by House (2-Y 95-N)
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Rejected (2-Y 95-N)
- **2022-03-08** Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Senate requested conference committee
- **2022-03-09** House acceded to request
- **2022-03-09** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-12** Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455
- **2022-06-01** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-06-01** Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
- **2022-06-01** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N)
- **2022-06-17** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-07-20** Enrolled
- **2022-07-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-07-21** Signed by President
- **2022-07-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on July 28, 2022
- **2022-07-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., August 4, 2022
- **2022-08-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 7 (effective on the 1st day of the 4th month following the month `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-04** of adjournment of the 2022 Special Session l)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f7a5a69-6e58-4b39-b54a-fcbe5f52b985`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).