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| Bill | Kinship foster care; barrier crime waiver, report. | Kinship foster care; barrier crime waiver; report. Establishes a process by which a local department of social services may apply for a barrier crime waiver on behalf of an individual who has been convicted of a Virginia barrier crime that (i) is not (a) included on the list of federal barrier crimes; (b) a violent felony offense; or (c) an offense requiring registration under the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act and (ii) does not otherwise fall under a barrier crime exception for foster or adoptive homes for the purpose of approval of the individual's home as a kinship foster home. The bill creates a process by which such a local department of social services may apply to the Department of Social Services for a waiver and for the Department to conduct an assessment of such application. The bill also requires the Department of Social Services to file an annual report by December 1 of each year detailing the specifics of the waiver process to the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on Health and Human Services. This bill is identical to SB 305. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 632 | Virginia HB 632 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 632 (2026) — Kinship foster care; barrier crime waiver, report.
Kinship foster care; barrier crime waiver; report. Establishes a process by which a local department of social services may apply for a barrier crime waiver on behalf of an individual who has been convicted of a Virginia barrier crime that (i) is not (a) included on the list of federal barrier crimes; (b) a violent felony offense; or (c) an offense requiring registration under the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act and (ii) does not otherwise fall under a barrier crime exception for foster or adoptive homes for the purpose of approval of the individual's home as a kinship foster home. The bill creates a process by which such a local department of social services may apply to the Department of Social Services for a waiver and for the Department to conduct an assessment of such application. The bill also requires the Department of Social Services to file an annual report by December 1 of each year detailing the specifics of the waiver process to the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on Health and Human Services. This bill is identical to SB 305.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 96–1 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105018D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-01-21 Assigned sub: Social Services
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB632)
- 2026-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-10 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-12 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-13 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-16 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2026-02-16 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-17 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
referral-committee - 2026-02-20 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-20 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-20 Committee substitute printed 26108308D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB632)
- 2026-02-23 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-23 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-24 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote
passage - 2026-02-26 Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-03 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-03 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB632ER)
passage - 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB632)
- 2026-03-03 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-03 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 647 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0647)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/28e0fabf-346f-4886-9b78-2a15813bc4c2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).