Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; expands eligibility, fictive kin, definition.
Summary
Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; eligibility; fictive kin. Expands eligibility for the Kinship Guardianship Assistance program by allowing payments to be made to fictive kin who receive custody of a child of whom they had been the foster parent. This bill is identical to HB 933.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Dec 21, 2019
Signed Mar 10, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 6, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 21, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 6, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Mar 10, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 224 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB178S1
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20105842D-S1
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Dec 21, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Dec 21, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100618D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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