Virginia Senate Bill 1325 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Visitation; petition of grandparent. Allows a grandparent who has petitioned the court for visitation of a minor grandchild, in cases where the parent of the minor grandchild is deceased or incapacitated, to introduce evidence of such deceased or incapacitated parent's consent to visitation with the grandparent. The bill provides that if the parent's consent is proven by a preponderance of the evidence, the court may then determine if grandparent visitation is in the best interest of the minor grandchild. Visitation; petition of grandparent. Allows a grandparent who has petitioned the court for visitation of a minor grandchild, in cases where the parent of the minor grandchild is deceased or incapacitated, to introduce evidence of such deceased or incapacitated parent's consent to visitation with the grandparent. The bill provides that if the parent's consent is proven by a preponderance of the evidence, the court may then determine if grandparent visitation is in the best interest of the minor grandchild.

Visitation; petition of grandparent.

Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2021-02-23 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) (Y: 37 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-22 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) (Y: 98 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-12 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) (Y: 35 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) (Y: 35 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 2-N) (Y: 12 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0253)
2021-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 253 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-03-01		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-01	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
2021-02-26	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-25	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1325ER)
2021-02-25	Senate	Enrolled
2021-02-23	Senate	Title replaced 21200181D-H1
2021-02-23	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
2021-02-22	House	VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N)
2021-02-22	House	Passed House with substitute (98-Y 1-N)
2021-02-22	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1325H1
2021-02-22	House	Committee substitute agreed to 21200181D-H1
2021-02-22	House	Read third time
2021-02-19	House	Read second time
2021-02-17	House	Committee substitute printed 21200181D-H1
2021-02-17	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2021-02-17	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2021-02-12	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2021-02-05	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2021-02-05	House	Read first time
2021-02-05	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-02	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N)
2021-02-01	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1325S1
2021-02-01	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21103796D-S1
2021-02-01	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-01	Senate	Read second time
2021-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
2021-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21103796D-S1
2021-01-27	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 2-N)
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2021-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102917D

SB1325 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1325
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1325+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1325S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1325H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1325ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0253+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21200181D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/21200181.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S03C0076+SB1325
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0184SB1325+SB1325
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0246SB1325+SB1325
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H0802V0006+SB1325
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H08V0029+SB1325
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1824+SB1325
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0335SB1325+SB1325