republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-453.md

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Bill	Kinship foster care; barrier crimes.	Kinship foster care; barrier crimes. Allowslocal boards of social services or child-placing agencies to approvekinship foster care parent applicants who have been convicted ofcertain felony drug offenses if five years have elapsed since thedate of the conviction, where under current law 10 years must have elapsed in order to be eligible for approval as a kinship fostercare parent. The bill also adds exceptions for certain misdemeanorassault and battery convictions not involving the abuse, neglect,or moral turpitude of a minor if five years have elapsed since thedate of the conviction. The bill directs the State Board of SocialServices to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of thebill to be effective no later than September 1, 2024.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 453	Virginia HB 453 (2024)	bill		enacted	Katrina Callsen	3	30	7	2024-01-08	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/c97d5190-b38c-4692-b7aa-f10546886c51	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB453	ba8290a8e9576fe2da839b204691c063888d7d8db1c7a77fb3bc9ec2f8a90abb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 453 (2024) — Kinship foster care; barrier crimes.

Kinship foster care; barrier crimes. Allowslocal boards of social services or child-placing agencies to approvekinship foster care parent applicants who have been convicted ofcertain felony drug offenses if five years have elapsed since thedate of the conviction, where under current law 10 years must have elapsed in order to be eligible for approval as a kinship fostercare parent. The bill also adds exceptions for certain misdemeanorassault and battery convictions not involving the abuse, neglect,or moral turpitude of a minor if five years have elapsed since thedate of the conviction. The bill directs the State Board of SocialServices to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of thebill to be effective no later than September 1, 2024.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0529 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB453ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104807D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (11-Y 1-N 3-A) — 11–1 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 5-N) — 34–5 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 2-N) — 96–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Katrina Callsen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104807D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB453)
• 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-06 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-09 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-12 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (11-Y 1-N 3-A) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-02-27 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-27 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-02-27 Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 5-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 2-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-02-29 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 2-N)
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB453ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB453ER)
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 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
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 529 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0529)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c97d5190-b38c-4692-b7aa-f10546886c51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).