Foster care; DSS to establish/maintain supply of new luggage to transport child's belongings.
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 31, 2025
Last action Feb 18, 2026
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What changed between versions
Health and Human Services Substitute
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Social Services Subcommittee Substitute
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a Health and Human Services substitute to a Social Services Subcommittee substitute, with no substantive policy changes to the legislation itself. The core provisions regarding new luggage for foster children, pilot program funding, and reporting requirements remain identical.
TECHNICAL
Document formatting changed from Health and Human Services Substitute layout to Social Services Subcommittee Substitute layout with updated session information and bill number identifiers
Removed original submission date header 'OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 2/05/2026' from the top of the document
Added new bill number identifier '26106488D' and updated session information to reflect Social Services Subcommittee processing
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2026
How they voted
20–1
Passed
Total votes 21
Feb 10, 2026
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican7
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Left in Committee Appropriations
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Committee
Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2026
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (20-1)
house of delegates
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 16, 2026
Committee
Assigned sub: Social Services
lower
Dec 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Karen Keys-Gamarra
DDemocratic
Co
Bonita Anthony
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Debra Gardner
DDemocratic
Co
Destiny LeVere Bolling
DDemocratic
Co
Irene Shin
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
Co
Josh Cole
DDemocratic
Co
Marty Martinez
DDemocratic
Co
Michelle Maldonado
DDemocratic
Co
Nadarius Clark
DDemocratic
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