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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 promote and 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: "SB 39"
citation: "Virginia SB 39 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-12-18"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5df3c16f-c941-4555-91c9-df0989c26f2f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB39"
source_hash: "2120795b03833bb36bddf70db0d5e197bcf2b10672abe9627a381aa7a31806f1"
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 SB 39 (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 promote and 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. **CHAP0662** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0662)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24105803D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB39S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101422D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB39)
4. **SB39ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB39ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan T. McDougle — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101422D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-12-18** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-19** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Committee substitute printed 24105803D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-19** Incorporates SB162 (McDougle)
- **2024-01-19** Incorporates SB467 (Obenshain)
- **2024-01-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB39S1)
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24105803D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB39S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-12** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB39ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB39ER)
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 662 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5df3c16f-c941-4555-91c9-df0989c26f2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).