Virginia Senate Bill 299 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 4 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-04-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Kinship foster care placements. Provides that the Commissioner of Social Services may grant a variance from requirements governing approval of foster care placements and may approve a kinship foster care provider when he determines (i) the requirement would impose a hardship on the kinship foster care provider and (ii) the variance will not adversely affect the safety and well-being of the child. The bill also provides that a local board of social services or child-placing agency may approve an application for approval as a kinship foster care provider when the applicant has been convicted of a felony related to the possession of drugs other than felony offenses related to possession with the intent to distribute drugs, a misdemeanor conviction for arson, or an equivalent offense in anther state, provided 10 years have elapsed since the date of the conviction and the local board or child-placing agency makes a specific finding that the placement would not endanger the safety or well-being of the child.

Kinship foster care placements; Commissioner of Social Services may grant variance from requirement.

Sen. Janet Howell [D]

2012-02-22 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N) (Y: 36 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) (Y: 36 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 1-N) (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-04		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)
2012-04-04		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 568 (effective 7/1/12)
2012-02-28		Senate: Signed by President
2012-02-27		House: Signed by Speaker
2012-02-27		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB299ER)
2012-02-27		Senate: Enrolled
2012-02-22		Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
2012-02-20		House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N)
2012-02-20		House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2012-02-20		House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
2012-02-20		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2012-02-20		House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2012-02-20		House: Engrossed by House as amended
2012-02-20		House: Committee amendments agreed to
2012-02-20		House: Read third time
2012-02-17		House: Read second time
2012-02-16		House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
2012-02-13		House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2012-02-13		House: Read first time
2012-02-13		House: Placed on Calendar
2012-02-01		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-N)
2012-01-31		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB299S1
2012-01-31		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12104791D-S1
2012-01-31		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2012-01-31		Senate: Read second time
2012-01-30		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 1-N)
2012-01-27		Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104791D-S1
2012-01-27		Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
2012-01-10		Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2012-01-10		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102966D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	900.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	901.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB299
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB299+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB299S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB299ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0568+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S09V0013+SB0299
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0170SB0299+SB0299
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0200SB0299+SB0299
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H12V0101+SB0299
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV0859+SB0299
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV0893+SB0299
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0550SB0299+SB0299