republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-27.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kinship foster care; placement of child with foster parent."
description: "Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program established. Establishes the Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program to promoteand support placements of children with relatives by local boardsof social services in order to avoid foster care. The bill providesthat a child is eligible to participate in the Program if the localboard determines that (i) the child is at imminent risk of beingremoved from his home and a preliminary protective order is insufficientto address the child's immediate safety concerns and (ii) the child'sparent or guardian consents to the placement of the child with arelative pursuant to an agreement with the local board developedin accordance with the provisions of the bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 27"
citation: "Virginia HB 27 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Callsen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-12-18"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fe35023-0adf-4307-9895-f79d2ed48b4a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB27"
source_hash: "6db22f358503014d895c8fbbaa381783564ff5a500733a81c012fbfcc04a47b8"
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 27 (2024) — Kinship foster care; placement of child with foster parent.

Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program established. Establishes the Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program to promoteand support placements of children with relatives by local boardsof social services in order to avoid foster care. The bill providesthat a child is eligible to participate in the Program if the localboard determines that (i) the child is at imminent risk of beingremoved from his home and a preliminary protective order is insufficientto address the child's immediate safety concerns and (ii) the child'sparent or guardian consents to the placement of the child with arelative pursuant to an agreement with the local board developedin accordance with the provisions of the bill.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0629** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0629)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106095D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB27H1)
3. **HB27ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB27ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103039D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB27)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103039D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-12-18** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-01-18** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-23** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-23** Committee substitute printed 24106095D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB27H1)
- **2024-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-05** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute agreed to 24106095D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB27H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-12** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB27ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB27ER)
- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 629 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fe35023-0adf-4307-9895-f79d2ed48b4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).