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Bill

Foster care; termination of parental rights, independent living needs assessments.

Foster care; termination of parental rights; independent living needs assessments; supervisory spans of control. Requires local boards of social services and child-placing agencies, if the child has been in the custody of a local board or child-placing agency for 15 of the most recent 22 months and no petition for termination of parental rights has been filed with the court, to include in the petition for a permanency planning hearing the reasons why a petition to terminate parental rights has not been filed and the reasonable efforts made regarding reunification or transfer of custody to a relative. The bill requires that local boards and child-placing agencies provide information to birth parents regarding the parent's option to voluntarily terminate parental rights, and that the Commissioner of Social Services develop clear guidance documents regarding the manner in which such information should be relayed. The bill requires the Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations related to termination of parental rights, independent living needs assessments and plans, and reporting requirements for local boards and child-placing agencies. The bill requires the Commissioner to (i) provide training to local boards and child-placing agencies regarding common errors made related to termination of parental rights and (ii) establish a work group to assess the feasibility and costs of establishing supervisory spans of control for foster care supervisors. The work group shall report its findings by November 30, 2020.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 472

Virginia SB 472 (2020)

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enacted

Bryce E. Reeves

2020-01-07

2020-04-09

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ocd-bill/d9f2e7f9-041e-463c-b1ad-f789e4070987

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB472

291fd46e1a21e6fccc229abe99281f5640231992d2aa84918b108fddf5d18e56

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 472 (2020) — Foster care; termination of parental rights, independent living needs assessments.

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0934) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB472ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB472S1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB472) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102607D introduction
2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
2020-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB472)
2020-01-17 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-01-17 Committee substitute printed 20106005D-S1 substitution
2020-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21 Read second time reading-2
2020-01-21 Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-21 Committee substitute agreed to 20106005D-S1
2020-01-21 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB472S1
2020-01-22 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
2020-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB472S1)
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
2020-02-13 Assigned HWI sub: Social Services referral-committee
2020-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-27 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-28 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05 Enrolled
2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB472ER)
2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-07 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
2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 934 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d9f2e7f9-041e-463c-b1ad-f789e4070987. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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