HB 632 — Kinship foster care; barrier crime waiver, report.
VA 20261 session
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 SB 305.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (9)
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — sponsor
- Laura Jane Cohen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael B. Feggans (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David A. Reid (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Virgil Thornton (D, VA) — cosponsor
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katrina Callsen (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | David A. Reid (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Laura Jane Cohen (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Michael B. Feggans (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Sam Rasoul (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Stacey Annie Carroll (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Virgil Thornton (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no