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type: "Bill"
title: "Fostering Futures program; established."
description: "Fostering Futures program. Establishes theFostering Futures program to provide services and support to individualsbetween the ages of 18 and 21 who were in foster care as a minorand are transitioning to full adulthood and self-sufficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Virginia SB 156 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-12-18"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1c3a9d8-7ff3-4eaa-8c21-6f15e1e9aa11"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB156"
source_hash: "a4b183168752f297b79d5654404b8660d15d90cff32eee5a531c58717534abb6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 156 (2020) — Fostering Futures program; established.
Fostering Futures program. Establishes theFostering Futures program to provide services and support to individualsbetween the ages of 18 and 21 who were in foster care as a minorand are transitioning to full adulthood and self-sufficiency.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0732)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0732)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB156ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB156ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB156E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB156E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB156)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB156)
## Votes
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-12-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101739D `introduction`
- **2019-12-18** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB156)
- **2020-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-01-21** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-01-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB156E
- **2020-01-21** Printed as engrossed 20101739D-E
- **2020-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB156E)
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-02-21** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-25** House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB156ER)
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 732 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1c3a9d8-7ff3-4eaa-8c21-6f15e1e9aa11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).