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type: "Bill"
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title: "Homeless youth; no fees for issuance of certain government documents."
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description: "Homeless youth; fees; certain government documents. Provides that when a homeless youth seeks to receive a certified copy of a vital record, including his birth record, or his DMV-issued learner's permit, driver's license, special identification card, or identification privilege card or permit, no fee shall be assessed."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1617"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1617 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Adele Y. McClure"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-01-03"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccb2d325-6d01-4d68-b8a5-7e1afd1ba77c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1617"
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source_hash: "8b9e5be6f51a151727497d083dccf898ec5adcbda4e254fb64c39758549d9d6d"
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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 HB 1617 (2025) — Homeless youth; no fees for issuance of certain government documents.
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Homeless youth; fees; certain government documents. Provides that when a homeless youth seeks to receive a certified copy of a vital record, including his birth record, or his DMV-issued learner's permit, driver's license, special identification card, or identification privilege card or permit, no fee shall be assessed.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012355.PDF)
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2. **Appropriations Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1028976.HTML)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071924.PDF)
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4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031317.PDF)
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5. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021794.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1049919.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (19-Y 2-N) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (92-Y 2-N) — **92–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Rereferred from Education and Health and rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Adele Y. McClure — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103004D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-21** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-21** Committee substitute printed 25105153D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-21** Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1617)
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- **2025-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-27** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-30** Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-30** Appropriations Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended `substitution`
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- **2025-01-30** Printed as engrossed 25105153D-EH1
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- **2025-01-31** Read third time and passed House (92-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1617)
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- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Rereferred from Education and Health to Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-07** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1617ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1617)
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- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0181)
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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/ccb2d325-6d01-4d68-b8a5-7e1afd1ba77c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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