republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-39.md

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Bill	Kinship foster care; placement of child with foster parent.	Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program established.Establishes the Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program to promote and support placements of children with relatives by local boardsof social services in order to avoid foster care. The bill providesthat a child is eligible to participate in the Program if the localboard determines that (i) the child is at imminent risk of beingremoved from his home and a preliminary protective order is insufficientto address the child's immediate safety concerns and (ii) the child'sparent or guardian consents to the placement of the child with arelative pursuant to an agreement with the local board developedin accordance with the provisions of the bill.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 39	Virginia SB 39 (2024)	bill		enacted	Barbara A. Favola	4	34	7	2023-12-18	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/5df3c16f-c941-4555-91c9-df0989c26f2f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB39	2120795b03833bb36bddf70db0d5e197bcf2b10672abe9627a381aa7a31806f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 39 (2024) — Kinship foster care; placement of child with foster parent.

Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program established.Establishes the Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program to promote and support placements of children with relatives by local boardsof social services in order to avoid foster care. The bill providesthat a child is eligible to participate in the Program if the localboard determines that (i) the child is at imminent risk of beingremoved from his home and a preliminary protective order is insufficientto address the child's immediate safety concerns and (ii) the child'sparent or guardian consents to the placement of the child with arelative pursuant to an agreement with the local board developedin accordance with the provisions of the bill.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0662 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105803D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101422D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB39ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
• Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
• Mark D. Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan T. McDougle — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101422D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-18 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-19 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-19 Committee substitute printed 24105803D-S1 substitution
• 2024-01-19 Incorporates SB162 (McDougle)
• 2024-01-19 Incorporates SB467 (Obenshain)
• 2024-01-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB39S1)
• 2024-02-08 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24105803D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB39S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-12 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-23 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB39ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB39ER)
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 662 (effective - see bill) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5df3c16f-c941-4555-91c9-df0989c26f2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).