republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/sb-1145.md

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Bill	Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW); transitional child care.	Allows VIEW participants whose Temporary Assistance for Needy Families financial assistance is terminated to receive child care assistance for up to 12 months after termination if the individual is enrolled in an accredited public institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and is taking courses as part of a curriculum that leads to a postsecondary credential, such as a degree or an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license. Under current law, such child care assistance is only available if it enables the individual to work. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	SB 1145	Virginia SB 1145 (2019)	bill	Welfare (Social Services)	enacted	Barbara A. Favola	2	16	6	2018-12-31	2019-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/e44d1dd8-3553-40e2-be0e-a1b78a9be10d	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1145	6793c995bbadb78e8d49fdab0e22ee57064673576883973883c9dbcfde34a825	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1145 (2019) — Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW); transitional child care.

Allows VIEW participants whose Temporary Assistance for Needy Families financial assistance is terminated to receive child care assistance for up to 12 months after termination if the individual is enrolled in an accredited public institution of higher education or other postsecondary school licensed or certified by the Board of Education or the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and is taking courses as part of a curriculum that leads to a postsecondary credential, such as a degree or an industry-recognized credential, certification, or license. Under current law, such child care assistance is only available if it enables the individual to work. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1145ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101901D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 12–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed House — 85–12 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101901D introduction
• 2018-12-31 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2019-01-25 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-01-31 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2019-02-06 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2019-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-13 Passed House (85-Y 12-N) passage
• 2019-02-18 Enrolled
• 2019-02-18 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-19 Signed by President
• 2019-02-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2019
• 2019-02-20 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 218 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e44d1dd8-3553-40e2-be0e-a1b78a9be10d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).