Virginia House Bill 359 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-11-22 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Termination of parental rights of person who committed sexual assault; clear and convincing evidence standard. Provides that the parental rights of a person who has been found by a clear and convincing evidence standard to have committed rape, carnal knowledge, or incest, which act resulted in the conception of a child, may be terminated without the need for the person to have been charged with or convicted of such offense. The bill further provides that the consent of a person found to have committed such an offense is not necessary for the validity of an adoption of such a child.

Termination of parental rights of person who committed sexual assault; evidence standard.

Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-11-22	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2022-02-11	House	Continued to 2023 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2022-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2023 by voice vote
2022-01-28	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101124D

HB359 (Carry Over) 2022-02-11 - Continued to 2023 in Courts of Justice by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	283	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1202	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1222	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1233	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	903	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB359
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB359+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB359F122+PDF