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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 76: Foster care; DSS to establish/maintain supply of new luggage to transport child's belongings.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 76 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on December 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Foster care; DSS to establish/maintain supply of new luggage to transport child's belongings. Primary sponsor: Karen Keys-Gamarra (Democratic). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 18, 2026): Left in Committee Appropriations.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Karen Keys-GamarraPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Jessica L. AndersonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Bonita AnthonyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse92
Destiny LeVere BollingCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Karen R. "Kacey" CarnegieCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Nadarius ClarkCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse84
Nicole ColeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Josh ColeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Debra GardnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
J.R. HensonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Paul KrizekCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Michelle Lopes MaldonadoCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Marty MartinezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29
Cia PriceCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse85
Irene ShinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Rod WillettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse58

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Committee Appropriations
  2. Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
  3. Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources
  4. Committee substitute printed 26106488D-H1
  5. Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)
  6. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
  7. House subcommittee offered
  8. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB76)
  9. Assigned sub: Social Services
  10. Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
  11. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102932D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source