republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-2457.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foster care; State Bd. of Social Services to amend regulations, application for and use of benefits."
description: "State Board of Social Services; regulations; application for and use of foster care benefits. Directs the State Board of Social Services to amend its regulations by January 1, 2026, to (i) require local departments of social services to apply for federal benefits on behalf of children in foster care that they may be eligible for, (ii) prohibit the use of military survivor benefits to pay for the care and support of children in foster care that the Commonwealth is otherwise obligated to pay for, and (iii) require local departments of social services that are representative payees for children in foster care to conserve such military survivor benefits in an appropriate trust instrument or protected account that is exempt from federal asset and resource limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2457"
citation: "Virginia HB 2457 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackie H. Glass"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08519232-d7b4-4f04-bbca-c724be5d8ba6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2457"
source_hash: "565982128c3e51f0b25d7d843eca0597373f4b0e535220613a3310a16a1377be"
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 2457 (2025) — Foster care; State Bd. of Social Services to amend regulations, application for and use of benefits.

State Board of Social Services; regulations; application for and use of foster care benefits. Directs the State Board of Social Services to amend its regulations by January 1, 2026, to (i) require local departments of social services to apply for federal benefits on behalf of children in foster care that they may be eligible for, (ii) prohibit the use of military survivor benefits to pay for the care and support of children in foster care that the Commonwealth is otherwise obligated to pay for, and (iii) require local departments of social services that are representative payees for children in foster care to conserve such military survivor benefits in an appropriate trust instrument or protected account that is exempt from federal asset and resource limits.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016375.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077536.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061478.PDF)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100277D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2457)
- **2025-01-21** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-28** Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2457ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2457)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 568 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08519232-d7b4-4f04-bbca-c724be5d8ba6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).