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type: "Bill"
title: "Unaccompanied homeless youths; consent for housing services."
description: "Unaccompanied homeless youths; services; consent.Provides that an unaccompanied homeless youth shall be deemedan adult for the purpose of consenting to housing, including emergencyshelter, and other services and establishes requirements for providersof housing, including emergency shelter, and other services for unaccompaniedhomeless youths. The bill directs the Board of Social Services toadopt regulations for implementation of the bill and directs theDepartment of Social Services to establish a work group composedof at least one local education agency liaison for homeless childrenand youth designated pursuant to federal law, one attorney who representsunaccompanied homeless youths, two providers of housing and otherservices for unaccompanied homeless youths, and three individualswho are or have been unaccompanied homeless youths to make recommendationsto the Board regarding such regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 717"
citation: "Virginia HB 717 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eileen Filler-Corn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33048fda-001a-43c8-8277-60648631b1f5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB717"
source_hash: "e4f23747ffd8e38fc1b05396926b2be0dc1e7e443bc9e698738ec0c5f3f3d082"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 717 (2022) — Unaccompanied homeless youths; consent for housing services.
Unaccompanied homeless youths; services; consent.Provides that an unaccompanied homeless youth shall be deemedan adult for the purpose of consenting to housing, including emergencyshelter, and other services and establishes requirements for providersof housing, including emergency shelter, and other services for unaccompaniedhomeless youths. The bill directs the Board of Social Services toadopt regulations for implementation of the bill and directs theDepartment of Social Services to establish a work group composedof at least one local education agency liaison for homeless childrenand youth designated pursuant to federal law, one attorney who representsunaccompanied homeless youths, two providers of housing and otherservices for unaccompanied homeless youths, and three individualswho are or have been unaccompanied homeless youths to make recommendationsto the Board regarding such regulations.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0801** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0801)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106121D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB717H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 22107231D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB717S1)
4. **HB717ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB717ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103965D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB717)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 4-N) — **54** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **950** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Eileen Filler-Corn — primary (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103965D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB717)
- **2022-02-03** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-03** Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 4-N)
- **2022-02-03** Subcommittee recommends removing from the table (9-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-06** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Committee substitute printed 22106121D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 22106121D-H1
- **2022-02-11** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB717H1
- **2022-02-14** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB717H1)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Committee substitute printed 22107231D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Committee amendments rejected
- **2022-03-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-03** Committee substitute agreed to 22107231D-S1
- **2022-03-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB717S1
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB717S1)
- **2022-03-07** Senate substitute agreed to by House 22107231D-S1 (96-Y 0--N)
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB717ER)
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-04-27** Motion to pass by Governor's recommendation agreed to
- **2022-04-27** Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022
- **2022-04-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022
- **2022-05-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 801 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33048fda-001a-43c8-8277-60648631b1f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).