republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-485.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act; youth services citizen boards, duties, guidelines."
description: "Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act; youth services citizen boards; duties; guidelines. Directs the Board of Juvenile Justice to establish and make available to localities a list of best practice program models that are likely to qualify for grants under the Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act. The bill requires youth services citizen boards to include representatives of law enforcement and the faith and business communities and allows local governing bodies to appoint as members of the youth services citizen board members of the community policy and management team or a similar entity, subject to certain requirements set forth in the bill. The bill allows youth services citizen boards to establish youth advisory teams for the purposes of consultation and advice regarding youth services programs. The bill removes the requirement that local youth services programs maintain and disseminate an annual inventory of youth-related and parenting-related services and programs available in the locality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 485"
citation: "Virginia SB 485 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer L. McClellan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06e5c134-b18b-4515-8c7e-ee44f4704ccb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB485"
source_hash: "68aec809446303d49a55530f7a75e701ad7fad05438c853022d81a0604199810"
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 485 (2022) — Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act; youth services citizen boards, duties, guidelines.

Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act; youth services citizen boards; duties; guidelines. Directs the Board of Juvenile Justice to establish and make available to localities a list of best practice program models that are likely to qualify for grants under the Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development Act. The bill requires youth services citizen boards to include representatives of law enforcement and the faith and business communities and allows local governing bodies to appoint as members of the youth services citizen board members of the community policy and management team or a similar entity, subject to certain requirements set forth in the bill. The bill allows youth services citizen boards to establish youth advisory teams for the purposes of consultation and advice regarding youth services programs. The bill removes the requirement that local youth services programs maintain and disseminate an annual inventory of youth-related and parenting-related services and programs available in the locality.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0522** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0522)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103955D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB485)
3. **SB485ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB485ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103955D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB485)
- **2022-01-28** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled
- **2022-03-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB485ER)
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 522 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06e5c134-b18b-4515-8c7e-ee44f4704ccb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).