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type: "Bill"
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title: "Foster care; termination of parental rights, independent living needs assessments."
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description: "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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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 472"
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citation: "Virginia SB 472 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9f2e7f9-041e-463c-b1ad-f789e4070987"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB472"
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source_hash: "291fd46e1a21e6fccc229abe99281f5640231992d2aa84918b108fddf5d18e56"
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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 472 (2020) — Foster care; termination of parental rights, independent living needs assessments.
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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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## 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 (CHAP0934)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0934)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB472ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB472ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB472S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB472S1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB472)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB472)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
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- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
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- Janet D. Howell — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102607D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB472)
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- **2020-01-17** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-17** Committee substitute printed 20106005D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-21** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-01-21** Committee substitute agreed to 20106005D-S1
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- **2020-01-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB472S1
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- **2020-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB472S1)
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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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- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (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** Passed House 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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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB472ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
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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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- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 934 (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/d9f2e7f9-041e-463c-b1ad-f789e4070987`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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