| VA | SB12 | Pass | Children's advocacy centers; definitions; investigations by local departments of social services. Replaces the term "child advocacy center" with "children's advocacy center" and defines such term. The bill provides that if it is determined during a h... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0779) |
| VA | SB115 | Veto | Child abuse and neglect; custody and visitation; possession or consumption of authorized substances. Provides that a child shall not be considered an abused or neglected child, and no person shall be denied custody or visitation of a child, based onl... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17 Senate sustained Governor's veto |
| VA | SB39 | Pass | Kinship foster care; alternative living arrangements; Parental Child Safety Placement Program established. Establishes the Parental Child Safety Placement Program to promote and support placements of children with relatives by local boards of social ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0662) |
| VA | SB683 | Pass | Family and Children's Trust Fund; membership; powers and duties; counsel. Modifies the membership provisions of the Board of Trustees of the Family and Children's Trust Fund by (i) changing the ratio of appointed members such that the Governor appoin... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0427) |
| VA | SB209 | Pass | Adoption; award of damages; death by wrongful act. Provides that, in a case for death by wrongful act, the child of a decedent who has been adopted after the death of such decedent shall be included in the class of beneficiaries entitled to an award ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0070) |
| VA | SB173 | Pass | Adult day care centers; name change. Renames "adult day care centers" as "adult day centers" throughout the Code of Virginia. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0037) |
| VA | SB70 | Engross
Sine Die | SNAP; employment and training. Requires all local departments of social services to offer a voluntary employment and training program for SNAP benefits program participants from funds so appropriated. SNAP; employment and training. Requires all loca... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28 Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB37 | Intro
Sine Die | Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence; parental notification of certain expressions and requests and parental permission for certain plans required; parental care. Requires each public elementary or secondary school principal or... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) |
| VA | SB351 | Intro
Sine Die | Board of Medicine; Board of Nursing; joint licensing of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives. Moves the professions of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives from being licensed jointly by t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To Senate Education and Health Committee |
| VA | SB351 | Intro
Prefile | Board of Medicine; Board of Nursing; joint licensing of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives. Moves the professions of advanced practice registered nurses and licensed certified midwives from being licensed jointly by t... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08 To Senate Education and Health Committee |
| VA | SB481 | Intro
Sine Die | Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. Abolishes court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or other persons responsible for his care in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations district court related... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB481 | Intro
Prefile | Abolition of juvenile fines and fees; criminal offenses. Abolishes court costs, fines, and fees assessed to a juvenile or his parent or other persons responsible for his care in circuit court and juvenile and domestic relations district court related... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07 To Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee |
| VA | SB417 | Intro
Sine Die | Adult protective services; central registry. Creates a central registry of substantiated complaints of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation to be maintained by the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. The bill establishes (i) investiga... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02 To Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee |
| VA | SB417 | Intro
Prefile | Adult protective services; central registry. Creates a central registry of substantiated complaints of adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation to be maintained by the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. The bill establishes (i) investiga... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02 To Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee |
| VA | SB162 | Intro
Sine Die | Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program established. Establishes the Kinship as Foster Care Prevention Program to promote and support placements of children with relatives by local boards of social services in order to avoid foster care. The bill p... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19 Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services |
| VA | SB467 | Intro
Sine Die | Foster care; diversionary placements; alternative living arrangements. Allows a birth parent to identify an ALA caregiver, defined in the bill, with whom the birth parent would like to place his child in an alternative living arrangement, defined in ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19 Incorporated by Rehabilitation and Social Services |