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type: "Bill"
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title: "Children in foster care; federal benefits, written notice by certified mail, notice of eligibility."
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description: "Local department of social services; children in foster care; federal benefits; notice of eligibility. Provides that, if the local department of social services serves as representative payee for a child receiving certain federal benefits, specified in the bill, the local department of social services shall provide written notice, in person or by certified mail, that it is acting as the child's representative payee within 30 days after receiving the first benefit payment on behalf of the child to (i) the child, if the child is 12 years of age or older; (ii) the child's parent, prior guardian, or prior custodian, or, if there is no legal parent or prior guardian or custodian, the child's next of kin; (iii) the guardian ad litem, if applicable; and (iv) the counsel appointed for the child, if applicable."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 818"
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citation: "Virginia SB 818 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-12-31"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0e0f5bc-5583-4461-828c-e2beacb315b0"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB818"
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source_hash: "171f8542b9e1991ff9c577ce3156658bc49c1b921d8f6714078b243caa7c7d58"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 818 (2025) — Children in foster care; federal benefits, written notice by certified mail, notice of eligibility.
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Local department of social services; children in foster care; federal benefits; notice of eligibility. Provides that, if the local department of social services serves as representative payee for a child receiving certain federal benefits, specified in the bill, the local department of social services shall provide written notice, in person or by certified mail, that it is acting as the child's representative payee within 30 days after receiving the first benefit payment on behalf of the child to (i) the child, if the child is 12 years of age or older; (ii) the child's parent, prior guardian, or prior custodian, or, if there is no legal parent or prior guardian or custodian, the child's next of kin; (iii) the guardian ad litem, if applicable; and (iv) the counsel appointed for the child, if applicable.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012067.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072650.PDF)
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3. **Health and Human Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1042995.HTML)
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4. **Health and Human Services Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1042992.HTML)
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5. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046748.HTML)
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6. **Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022104.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051163.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (94-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-31** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102030D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-12-31** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-17** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-17** Committee substitute printed 25104462D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB818)
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- **2025-01-20** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-20** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-21** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-01-21** Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB818)
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- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-04** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-06** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-11** Health and Human Services Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2025-02-11** Passed House with amendment (94-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-13** House Amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB818ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB818)
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 354 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0354)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0e0f5bc-5583-4461-828c-e2beacb315b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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