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Kinship foster care; barrier crime waiver; report. Establishes a process by which a local department of social services may apply for a barrier crime waiver on behalf of an individual who has been convicted of a Virginia barrier crime that (i) is not (a) included on the list of federal barrier crimes; (b) a violent felony offense; or (c) an offense requiring registration under the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act and (ii) does not otherwise fall under a barrier crime exception for foster or adoptive homes for the purpose of approval of the individual's home as a kinship foster home. The bill creates a process by which such a local department of social services may apply to the Department of Social Services for a waiver and for the Department to conduct an assessment of such application. The bill also requires the Department of Social Services to file an annual report by December 1 of each year detailing the specifics of the waiver process to the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services and the House Committee on Health and Human Services. This bill is identical to HB 632.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB305ER)
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB305)
Signed by President
committee substitute rejected
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB305)
Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read third time
Read second time
Committee substitute printed 26108574D-H1
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB305)
Read first time
Rules suspended
Engrossment reconsidered by Senate
Floor offered Senator Pekarsky Amendments
Senator Pekarsky Amendments withdrawn
Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)
Senator Pekarsky Amendments #2-4 agreed to
Reengrossed by Senate as amended
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day
Read third time
Passed by for the day
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
Rehabilitation and Social Services Amendments agreed to
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Senate committee offered
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments (10-Y 0-N 5-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB305)
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104727D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Stella G. Pekarsky
Barbara A. Favola