Virginia House Bill 1581 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 16 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Child custody, visitation, or support proceedings; educational seminars approved by Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Provides that when the parties to any petition where a child whose custody, visitation, or support is contested are required show proof that they have attended an educational seminar or other like program conducted by a qualified person or organization, such educational seminar or other like program shall be one that has been approved by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Current law provides that such educational seminars or other like programs are approved by the court. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia and the Committee on District Courts.

Child custody, etc.; educational seminars approved by Office of Ex. Sec. of Supreme Court of Va.

Del. Richard Sullivan [D]

2023-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-23 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-16		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017)
2023-03-16		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 17 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-16	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-16	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-16	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1581ER)
2023-02-16	House	Enrolled
2023-02-13	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-13	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-01-27	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2023-01-27	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2023-01-26	House	Read second time and engrossed
2023-01-25	House	Read first time
2023-01-23	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
2023-01-18	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2023-01-17	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-01-06	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101531D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	278.15	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1581
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1581+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1581ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0017+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1581F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1581FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0802V0016+HB1581
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H08V0039+HB1581
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1121+HB1581
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0200+HB1581
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0418HB1581+HB1581
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0423HB1581+HB1581