VirginiaFoster care; DSS to establish/maintain supply of new luggage to transport child's belongings.
What it does
Department of Social Services; foster care; new luggage; report. Directs the Department of Social Services 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 Social Services 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
- 2026
- Feb 18Left in Committee AppropriationsLatest
- Feb 11Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends laying on the table. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 10Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human ResourcesMinor
- Vote recorded Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 10Committee substitute printed 26106488D-H1Major
- Feb 10Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)Minor
- Feb 5Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5House subcommittee offered
- Jan 26Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB76)
- Jan 16Assigned sub: Social ServicesMinor
- 2025
- Dec 31Referred to Committee on Health and Human ServicesMinor
- Dec 31Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102932DIntroduced