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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fostering Futures program; individual participating in program subject to a background check."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1942"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1942 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher K. Peace"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48898d90-61d9-4373-b61f-432d6520c3f6"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1942"
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source_hash: "90138788cdf88587a82c9af54b05685c1299fdaed3dace0db2ff5f62353eb14a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1942 (2017) — Fostering Futures program; individual participating in program subject to a background check.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0194)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0194)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1942ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1942ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101366D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1942)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)
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- L. Scott Lingamfelter — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101366D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-24** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 194 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48898d90-61d9-4373-b61f-432d6520c3f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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