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type: "Bill"
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title: "Kinship foster care; training and approval processes."
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description: "Kinship foster care; training and approval processes. Requires local boards of social services to request a waiver of training requirements necessary for the approval of a kinship foster parent upon determining that training requirements are a barrier to placement with the kinship foster parent and that such placement is in the child's best interest. The bill prohibits local boards from requiring that a child be removed from the physical custody of a kinship foster parent during such approval process, provided that placement with the kinship foster parent remains in the child's best interest. The bill requires the Department of Social Services to (i) develop a training program that is tailored to persons seeking approval as a kinship foster parent, (ii) develop a document that provides comprehensive information regarding kinship foster care, and (iii) provide training to local boards regarding the process through which a person may be approved as a kinship foster parent without requiring removal of the child from the physical custody of such person."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 1025"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1025 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Siobhan S. Dunnavant"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-01-16"
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last_action: "2020-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d27ab4a2-69d1-4760-92aa-9f2114656c8d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1025"
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source_hash: "bc6a920379f5759d29a387f7d5b1605f5a0c89adf16dca6e18711f5e0997eb89"
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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 SB 1025 (2020) — Kinship foster care; training and approval processes.
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Kinship foster care; training and approval processes. Requires local boards of social services to request a waiver of training requirements necessary for the approval of a kinship foster parent upon determining that training requirements are a barrier to placement with the kinship foster parent and that such placement is in the child's best interest. The bill prohibits local boards from requiring that a child be removed from the physical custody of a kinship foster parent during such approval process, provided that placement with the kinship foster parent remains in the child's best interest. The bill requires the Department of Social Services to (i) develop a training program that is tailored to persons seeking approval as a kinship foster parent, (ii) develop a document that provides comprehensive information regarding kinship foster care, and (iii) provide training to local boards regarding the process through which a person may be approved as a kinship foster parent without requiring removal of the child from the physical custody of such person.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0562)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0562)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1025ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1025ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1025E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1025E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB1025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1025)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (4-Y 0-N) — **4–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 20105416D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-16** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Introduced bill reprinted 20105416D
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- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1025)
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- **2020-01-31** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-04** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-02-04** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-02-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1025E
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- **2020-02-04** Printed as engrossed 20105416D-E
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- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Assigned HWI sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB1025E)
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- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (4-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-28** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-02-28** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2020-02-28** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-02** House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB1025ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 562 (effective 7/1/20) `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/d27ab4a2-69d1-4760-92aa-9f2114656c8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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