Virginia Senate Bill 396 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Foster care placements; court review. Provides that the juvenile and domestic relations district court has the authority to review a child's status in foster care or review a foster care plan. The bill requires a foster care plan to describe in writing an assessment of the stability of proposed placements, the services provided or plans for services to be provided to address placement instability, and a description of other placements that were considered for the child. Foster care placements; court review. Provides that the juvenile and domestic relations district court has the authority to review a child's status in foster care or review a foster care plan. The bill requires a foster care plan to describe in writing an assessment of the stability of proposed placements, the services provided or plans for services to be provided to address placement instability, and a description of other placements that were considered for the child. The bill also (i) requests that the Committee on District Courts study child dependency hearings in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court system and make recommendations to the General Assembly as to whether a separate docket or court would result in better service to children and families involved in child dependency hearings and other family law matters and (ii) directs the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to convene a work group to consider issues relating to the Commonwealth's model of court-appointed legal counsel in child dependency cases.

Foster care placements; court review, best interests of the child.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2022-03-10 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-09 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-04 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-03-02 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2022-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305)
2022-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 305 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-03-22		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-22	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
2022-03-22	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-03-21	Senate	Signed by President
2022-03-21	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB396ER)
2022-03-21	Senate	Enrolled
2022-03-10	Senate	Title replaced 22107143D-H1
2022-03-10	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
2022-03-09	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2022-03-09	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2022-03-09	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB396H1
2022-03-09	House	Committee substitute agreed to 22107143D-H1
2022-03-09	House	Read third time
2022-03-08	House	Read second time
2022-03-04	House	Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2022-03-02	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2022-03-02	House	Committee substitute printed 22107143D-H1
2022-03-02	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2022-02-28	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2022-02-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
2022-02-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
2022-02-22	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-02-22	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2022-02-22	House	Read first time
2022-02-22	House	Placed on Calendar
2022-01-28	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2022-01-27	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB396S1
2022-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 22105002D-S1
2022-01-27	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2022-01-27	Senate	Read second time
2022-01-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2022-01-25	Senate	Passed by for the day
2022-01-24	Senate	Committee substitute printed 22105002D-S1
2022-01-24	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2022-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2022-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103950D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	278.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	278.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	278.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	281	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	282.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB396
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB396+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB396S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB396H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB396ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0305+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105002D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22107143D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/22107143D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB396FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB396FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB396FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S03V0044+SB0396
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0114SB0396+SB0396
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0131SB0396+SB0396
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0802V0055+SB0396
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H0802V0064+SB0396
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H08V0238+SB0396
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H02V0257+SB0396
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV1649+SB0396
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV1025SB0396+SB0396