Virginia House Bill 2489 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Responsible Fatherhood Initiative; fatherhood needs assessment; Fatherhood Support Grants Program and Fund established. Requires the Virginia Department of Social Services to contract for the development and implementation of the Responsible Fatherhood Initiative for the purpose of providing an opportunity for every father in the Commonwealth to be able to obtain information and inspiration that will motivate and enable him to enhance his abilities as a father and establishes requirements for the entities contracting with the Department to implement the initiative. Under the bill, each local board of social services shall undertake certain actions to ensure that the local department of social services is addressing the unique needs of the fathers of children served by the local department. The bill also establishes the Fatherhood Supports Grant Fund, which awards grants to not-for-profit community-based organizations to address the needs of fathers.

Responsible Fatherhood Initiative; fatherhood needs assessment, etc.

Del. Dave LaRock [R]

2023-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (11-Y 10-N) (Y: 11 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (3-Y 2-N) (Y: 3 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Appropriations
2023-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2023-02-01	House	Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
2023-01-31	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2023-01-31	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (11-Y 10-N)
2023-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2023-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (3-Y 2-N)
2023-01-24	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
2023-01-20	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2023-01-20	House	Presented and ordered printed 23103357D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	19	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	214.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	2400	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	319.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2489
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2489+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2489F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1203V0032+HB2489
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H12V0095+HB2489
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0205V0022+HB2489