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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 youth; no fees for issuance of certain government documents.	Homeless youth; fees; certain government documents. Provides that when a homeless youth seeks to receive a certified copy of a vital record, including his birth record, or his DMV-issued learner's permit, driver's license, special identification card, or identification privilege card or permit, no fee shall be assessed.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 1617	Virginia HB 1617 (2025)	bill		enacted	Adele Y. McClure	6	37	10	2025-01-03	2025-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/ccb2d325-6d01-4d68-b8a5-7e1afd1ba77c	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1617	8b9e5be6f51a151727497d083dccf898ec5adcbda4e254fb64c39758549d9d6d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1617 (2025) — Homeless youth; no fees for issuance of certain government documents.

Homeless youth; fees; certain government documents. Provides that when a homeless youth seeks to receive a certified copy of a vital record, including his birth record, or his DMV-issued learner's permit, driver's license, special identification card, or identification privilege card or permit, no fee shall be assessed.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Appropriations Amendments (committee substitute) — source
3. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House (92-Y 2-N) — 92–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Education and Health and rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103004D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2025-01-13 Assigned sub: Social Services referral-committee
• 2025-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2025-01-21 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-21 Committee substitute printed 25105153D-H1 substitution
• 2025-01-21 Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2025-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1617)
• 2025-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-27 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-30 Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-30 Appropriations Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2025-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended substitution
• 2025-01-30 Printed as engrossed 25105153D-EH1
• 2025-01-31 Read third time and passed House (92-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-01-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1617)
• 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2025-02-06 Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2025-02-07 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-11 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-12 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-12 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-17 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1617ER) passage
• 2025-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1617)
• 2025-02-17 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0181)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ccb2d325-6d01-4d68-b8a5-7e1afd1ba77c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).