---
type: "Bill"
title: "Homeless youth; no fees for issuance of certain government documents."
description: "Homeless youth; fees; certain government documents. Provides that when a homeless youth seeks to receive a certified copy of a vital record, including his birth record, or his DMV-issued learner's permit, driver's license, special identification card, or identification privilege card or permit, no fee shall be assessed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1617"
citation: "Virginia HB 1617 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adele Y. McClure"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-01-03"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccb2d325-6d01-4d68-b8a5-7e1afd1ba77c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1617"
source_hash: "8b9e5be6f51a151727497d083dccf898ec5adcbda4e254fb64c39758549d9d6d"
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 1617 (2025) — Homeless youth; no fees for issuance of certain government documents.

Homeless youth; fees; certain government documents. Provides that when a homeless youth seeks to receive a certified copy of a vital record, including his birth record, or his DMV-issued learner's permit, driver's license, special identification card, or identification privilege card or permit, no fee shall be assessed.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012355.PDF)
2. **Appropriations Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1028976.HTML)
3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071924.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031317.PDF)
5. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021794.PDF)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049919.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (19-Y 2-N) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (92-Y 2-N) — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Education and Health and rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103004D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-21** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-21** Committee substitute printed 25105153D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-21** Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1617)
- **2025-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-27** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
- **2025-01-30** Appropriations Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Printed as engrossed 25105153D-EH1
- **2025-01-31** Read third time and passed House (92-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1617)
- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1617ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1617)
- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0181)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccb2d325-6d01-4d68-b8a5-7e1afd1ba77c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).