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2005 SESSION
HB 2002 Foster parents; approval of applicant if not convicted of more than one misdemeanor.
Introduced by: Allen W. Dudley | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Background checks for foster parents. Authorizes a child-placing agency to approve as a foster parent an applicant with not more than one assault and battery conviction as set out in § 18.2-57 as long as the conviction did not involve abuse, neglect, moral turpitude, or a minor, and provided 10 years have elapsed since the conviction. A nearly identical provision is already in state law for adoptive parents.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 051294298 pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/05 House: Printed as engrossed 051294298-E pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/05 House: Engrossed bill reprinted 051294298-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2002ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0722) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/05 House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 051294298
- 01/10/05 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/20/05 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/amendments (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/05 House: Read first time
- 01/24/05 House: Read second time
- 01/24/05 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/25/05 House: Read second time
- 01/25/05 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/25/05 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2002E
- 01/25/05 House: Printed as engrossed 051294298-E
- 01/26/05 House: Engrossed bill reprinted 051294298-E
- 01/26/05 House: Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N)
- 01/26/05 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 3-N)
- 01/26/05 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/27/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/05 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/11/05 Senate: Reported from R. & S. S. (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/05 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/05 Senate: Read third time
- 02/15/05 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/05 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/05 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2002ER)
- 03/01/05 House: Enrolled
- 03/03/05 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/05 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/25/05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 722 (effective 7/1/05)
- 04/04/05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0722)