republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1795.md

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Bill	Adoptive and foster care placements; Mutual Family Assessment home study.	Requires that home studies conducted by local boards of social services to determine the appropriateness of an adoptive or foster placement comply with the Mutual Family Assessment home study template and any addenda thereto developed by the Department of Social Services. The bill authorizes the Department to amend or update its Mutual Family Assessment home study template and any addenda thereto when necessary to improve the process of adoptive and foster placements, provided that such amendments or updates do not lessen the requirements of the home study process.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1795	Virginia HB 1795 (2017)	bill	Minors Welfare (Social Services)	enacted	Richard P. Bell	3	15	5	2017-01-09	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/1840ea7c-8720-42f8-86cb-aaeb3bd84e30	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1795	cade7ae6d4275b18412cd4f046ec7723b537375face48c56cd6bd744955a60cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1795 (2017) — Adoptive and foster care placements; Mutual Family Assessment home study.

Requires that home studies conducted by local boards of social services to determine the appropriateness of an adoptive or foster placement comply with the Mutual Family Assessment home study template and any addenda thereto developed by the Department of Social Services. The bill authorizes the Department to amend or update its Mutual Family Assessment home study template and any addenda thereto when necessary to improve the process of adoptive and foster placements, provided that such amendments or updates do not lessen the requirements of the home study process.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0193) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1795ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101503D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
• Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101503D introduction
• 2017-01-09 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-01-18 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-19 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-20 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-23 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-24 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-16 Enrolled
• 2017-02-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 193 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1840ea7c-8720-42f8-86cb-aaeb3bd84e30. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).