republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-168.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Homeless students; Dept. of Ed. shall develop a resource document on supports and services.	Department of Education; resource document on supports and services for homeless students. Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board a resource document containing guidance and best practices for providing the necessary supports and services to homeless students, including guidance and best practices relating to (i) decisions regarding whether and when such a student should remain enrolled in a school in a previous school division of residence, (ii) wrap-around supports and services for such students that include the parents when they are available and specific wrap-around supports and services for such students who may have experienced additional trauma prior to becoming homeless, and (iii) any other means by which such students can be best served and protected, particularly those homeless children and youths who are at risk of becoming victims of human trafficking.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 168	Virginia HB 168 (2024)	bill		enacted	Karen Keys-Gamarra	4	29	6	2024-01-02	2024-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/bd8e8bf2-0dd0-43c5-8c32-35ed10b84178	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB168	07d8087ab3a0b921aa82d225c96c50ddf5f0d20c5bd8135636a26265fa816d32	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 168 (2024) — Homeless students; Dept. of Ed. shall develop a resource document on supports and services.

Department of Education; resource document on supports and services for homeless students. Requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to each school board a resource document containing guidance and best practices for providing the necessary supports and services to homeless students, including guidance and best practices relating to (i) decisions regarding whether and when such a student should remain enrolled in a school in a previous school division of residence, (ii) wrap-around supports and services for such students that include the parents when they are available and specific wrap-around supports and services for such students who may have experienced additional trauma prior to becoming homeless, and (iii) any other means by which such students can be best served and protected, particularly those homeless children and youths who are at risk of becoming victims of human trafficking.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0370 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB168ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101865D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24101865D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Karen Keys-Gamarra — primary (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101865D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-02 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Assigned Education sub: K-12 referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-17 Reported from Education with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-19 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-22 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-22 Engrossed by House as amended HB168E
• 2024-01-22 Printed as engrossed 24101865D-E
• 2024-01-23 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-23 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-24 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB168E)
• 2024-02-14 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB168ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB168ER)
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-03 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 370 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-03 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0370)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd8e8bf2-0dd0-43c5-8c32-35ed10b84178. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).