Virginia Senate Bill 1214 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Child abuse and neglect; custody and visitation; possession or use of marijuana. Provides that a child shall not be considered an abused or neglected child, and no person shall be denied custody or visitation of a child, based solely on the fact that the child's parent or other person responsible for his care, or the person petitioning for custody or visitation of the child, possessed or consumed marijuana in accordance with applicable law. The bill directs the Board of Social Services to amend its regulations, guidance documents, and other instructional materials to ensure that such regulations, documents, and materials comply with, and that investigations and family assessments are conducted by local departments of social services in accordance with, the provisions of the bill. Child abuse and neglect; custody and visitation; possession or use of marijuana. Provides that a child shall not be considered an abused or neglected child, and no person shall be denied custody or visitation of a child, based solely on the fact that the child's parent or other person responsible for his care, or the person petitioning for custody or visitation of the child, possessed or consumed marijuana in accordance with applicable law. The bill directs the Board of Social Services to amend its regulations, guidance documents, and other instructional materials to ensure that such regulations, documents, and materials comply with, and that investigations and family assessments are conducted by local departments of social services in accordance with, the provisions of the bill.

Child abuse and neglect; custody and visitation, possession or consumption of substances.

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]

2023-02-13 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 4-N) (Y: 3 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) (Y: 31 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Judiciary (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-02-13	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 4-N)
2023-02-10	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-02-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-02-10	House	Read first time
2023-02-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-07	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N)
2023-02-06	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1214S1
2023-02-06	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105807D-S1
2023-02-06	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-06	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2023-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105807D-S1
2023-02-03	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (9-Y 5-N)
2023-01-18	Senate	Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
2023-01-18	Senate	Rereferred from Judiciary (8-Y 0-N)
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101430D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	228	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	278.15	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1214
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1214+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1214S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104975A.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1214F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1214FS1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0031+SB1214
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S09V0051+SB1214
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0243SB1214+SB1214
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0325SB1214+SB1214
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0802V0091+SB1214