republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1942.md

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Bill	Fostering Futures program; individual participating in program subject to a background check.	Requires any individual participating in the Fostering Futures program to undergo a background check, which includes submitting to fingerprinting and a national criminal history record check. The bill provides that the results of such background check shall be used for the sole purpose of determining whether other children should be placed or remain in the same foster home as the individual subject to the background check. The bill defines "individual participating in the Fostering Futures program" as a person who is 18 years of age or older but has not reached 21 years of age and is receiving foster care services through the Fostering Futures program.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1942	Virginia HB 1942 (2017)	bill	Civil Remedies and Procedure Welfare (Social Services)	enacted	Christopher K. Peace	3	14	5	2017-01-10	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/48898d90-61d9-4373-b61f-432d6520c3f6	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1942	90138788cdf88587a82c9af54b05685c1299fdaed3dace0db2ff5f62353eb14a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1942 (2017) — Fostering Futures program; individual participating in program subject to a background check.

Requires any individual participating in the Fostering Futures program to undergo a background check, which includes submitting to fingerprinting and a national criminal history record check. The bill provides that the results of such background check shall be used for the sole purpose of determining whether other children should be placed or remain in the same foster home as the individual subject to the background check. The bill defines "individual participating in the Fostering Futures program" as a person who is 18 years of age or older but has not reached 21 years of age and is receiving foster care services through the Fostering Futures program.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0194) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1942ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101366D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)
• L. Scott Lingamfelter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101366D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2017-01-20 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-23 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-24 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-25 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 194 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48898d90-61d9-4373-b61f-432d6520c3f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).