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Bill Kinship foster care; notice and appeal. Kinship foster care; notice and appeal. Requires local boards of social services (local boards), upon receiving a request from a child's relative to become a kinship foster parent, to provide the relative with any forms and materials that must be submitted to become a kinship foster parent within 15 days. The bill requires local boards, upon denying a relative's request to become a kinship foster parent, to provide to the relative (i) a clear and specific explanation of the reasons for denial, (ii) a statement that such denial is appealable, and (iii) information regarding the procedure for filing such appeal. The bill allows relatives to file an appeal regarding such decisions with the Commissioner of Social Services and requires the Board of Social Services to adopt certain regulations regarding the timeline of such appeals. This bill is identical to HB 716. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 307 Virginia SB 307 (2022)
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Virginia SB 307 (2022) — Kinship foster care; notice and appeal.

Kinship foster care; notice and appeal. Requires local boards of social services (local boards), upon receiving a request from a child's relative to become a kinship foster parent, to provide the relative with any forms and materials that must be submitted to become a kinship foster parent within 15 days. The bill requires local boards, upon denying a relative's request to become a kinship foster parent, to provide to the relative (i) a clear and specific explanation of the reasons for denial, (ii) a statement that such denial is appealable, and (iii) information regarding the procedure for filing such appeal. The bill allows relatives to file an appeal regarding such decisions with the Commissioner of Social Services and requires the Board of Social Services to adopt certain regulations regarding the timeline of such appeals. This bill is identical to HB 716.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0562 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 22106880D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100568D (committee substitute) — source
  4. Printed as engrossed 22100568D-E (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB307ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100568D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2022-01-14 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-14 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2022-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB307)
  • 2022-01-26 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-28 Passed by for the day
  • 2022-01-31 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-01-31 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2022-01-31 Amendments by Senator Mason agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2022-01-31 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB307E
  • 2022-01-31 Printed as engrossed 22100568D-E
  • 2022-02-01 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-01 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-01 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB307E)
  • 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-21 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2022-02-22 Committee substitute printed 22106880D-H1 substitution
  • 2022-02-22 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-24 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-25 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-25 Committee substitute agreed to 22106880D-H1
  • 2022-02-25 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB307H1
  • 2022-02-25 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-02-25 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB307H1)
  • 2022-03-01 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-01 Title replaced 22106880D-H1
  • 2022-03-04 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB307ER)
  • 2022-03-04 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-04 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 562 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/428f09b1-3a64-4a37-9e2c-8c44a319402f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).