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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. 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.
Introduced
Dec 31, 2025
Last Action
Feb 18, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 15 co
Left in Committee Appropriations
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 26106488D-H1
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)
Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB76)
Assigned sub: Social Services
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102932D
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Left in Committee Appropriations
Bonita G. Anthony
Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie
Nadarius E. Clark
Joshua G. Cole
Debra D. Gardner
Rozia A. Henson, Jr.
Paul E. Krizek
Michelle Lopes Maldonado
Marcia S. "Cia" Price
Rodney T. Willett
Jessica L. Anderson