State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; created.
Summary
State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program. Creates the State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program (the program) to facilitate child placements with relatives, including fictive kin, and ensure permanency for children. The bill sets forth eligibility criteria for the program, payment allowances to kinship guardians, and requirements for kinship guardianship assistance agreements.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 29, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 22, 2021
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 33
Jan 29, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
41
Key actions
14
Committee
17
Amendments
1
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 254 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Social Services
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB1328ES1
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21103088D-S1
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 15, 2021
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101857D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
MM
Monty Mason
DDemocratic
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