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type: "Bill"
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title: "Foster or adoptive homes; background checks, etc., for applicants."
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description: "Foster care; barrier crimes. Directs the Department of Social Services (the Department), together with relevant stakeholders, to develop recommendations regarding changes to provisions governing criminal history background checks and barrier crimes for applicants to serve as a foster or adoptive home and requires the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by October 1, 2022."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 689"
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citation: "Virginia SB 689 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-01-20"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4d40fb3-47b9-4cfa-a9a8-99d2b6cac0f8"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB689"
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source_hash: "ccbd2d96a95ab63667bc75084bb4f4bb94fbd1ac4e9658c1131d8f910538df07"
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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 689 (2022) — Foster or adoptive homes; background checks, etc., for applicants.
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Foster care; barrier crimes. Directs the Department of Social Services (the Department), together with relevant stakeholders, to develop recommendations regarding changes to provisions governing criminal history background checks and barrier crimes for applicants to serve as a foster or adoptive home and requires the Department to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services by October 1, 2022.
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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. **CHAP0432** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0432)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22107295D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB689H1)
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3. **Presented and ordered printed 22104423D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB689)
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4. **SB689ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB689ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 7-N) — **31–7** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 2-N 1-A) — **12–2** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22104423D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB689)
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- **2022-02-04** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-08** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-09** Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-22** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-01** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-01** Committee substitute printed 22107295D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 22107295D-H1
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- **2022-03-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB689H1
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- **2022-03-04** Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N)_ `passage`
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- **2022-03-04** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB689H1)
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- **2022-03-08** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-08** Title replaced 22107295D-H1
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- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB689ER)
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 432 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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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/f4d40fb3-47b9-4cfa-a9a8-99d2b6cac0f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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