VirginiaDepartment of Social Services; foster care; new luggage; report.
What it does
Department of Social Services; foster care; new luggage; report. Directs the Department of Social Services (the Department) to establish and maintain a decentralized supply of new luggage to be used to transport the personal belongings of a child in foster care. The bill requires the Department to provide new luggage to a child who is entering or exiting foster care or moving from one foster care placement to another and prohibits the Department from using disposable bags or trash bags to transport any items for a child in foster care.
More detail
The bill requires the Commissioner of the Department to report certain information related to new luggage to the General Assembly by no later than December 1 of each year.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 4Left in AppropriationsLatest
- Jan 29Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Assigned Approps sub: Health & Human ResourcesMinor
- Vote recorded Reported from Health and Human Services and rereferred to Appropriations (20-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 1-N)Minor
- Jan 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1631)
- Jan 16Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 13Assigned sub: Social ServicesMinor
- Jan 3Referred to Committee on Health and Human ServicesMinor
- Jan 3Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102315DIntroduced