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Legislators with BillsLegislators(166)
Referred Bills (332)
Injunctions; petitions for review.
Industrial hemp; regulated hemp products, etc.
Child abuse or neglect; findings of local department of social services, appeal.
Mutual liability for necessaries; furnishing of health care.
Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; issuance of order, etc.
Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; notice of appeal to the circuit court.
Parents Advocacy Commission; recommendations for establishing, report.
Guardianship and conservatorship; periodic review hearings.
Judgment or child support order; pregnancy and delivery expenses.
Child abuse or neglect; definition, child engaging in independent activities without supervision.
Witnesses; exclusion, governmental agencies and other entities.
Judicial Retirement System; appearance as counsel.
Local enforcement action; willful disregard for applicable law, damages.
Religious freedom; applicability of certain executive orders.
Concealed weapons; exceptions, penalty.
Guardianship; duties of guardian, visitation requirements.
Judgment liens; release of specific property.
Circuit court clerk; posting of notices.
Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; appointment of counsel or guardian ad litem.
Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; concurrent jurisdiction, suits for divorce.
Judgment or child support order; pregnancy and delivery expenses.
Civil actions; standards governing consolidation and transfer, allocation of attorney fees.
Immunity of persons; tort actions, assertion of immunity, attorney fees and costs.
Sexual harassment; nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement.
Guardianship; procedures for restriction of communication, visitation, or interaction.
Emergency relief payments; automatic exemption from creditor process.
Immunity of persons; tort actions, assertion of immunity, attorney fees and costs.
Virginia Small Estate Act; funeral expenses and disposition, refusal to pay or deliver small asset.
Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; exception to confidentiality.
Guardian ad litem; appointment for minor witness.
Judges, retired, etc.; increases per diem compensation for substitute judges.
Writs of eviction; returns to issuing clerk.
Family abuse protective orders; relief available, password to electronic device.
Veterans Services, Department of; disclosure of services provided.
Interpreters for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing; court may appoint certified interpreter.
Property; directs the court to consider certain factors when it orders a partition.
Evidence of medical reports, etc.; testimony of health care provider or custodian.
Writs of eviction; returns to issuing clerk.
Summons for Unlawful Detainer form; plain English instructions for interpretation of form.
Guardian ad litem; appointment, requested information, records, or reports.
Attorney fees; written notice of lien requirements, validity and amount determinations.
Guardian ad litem; appointment, requested information, records, or reports.
Higher educational institutions, public; threat assessment teams, powers and duties.
Guardianship or conservatorship; primary health care provider of respondent.
Jury duty; increases allowance from $30 to $50 per day.
Finding of guilt in absentia; proof of such finding in a civil action.
Twenty-fifth judicial circuit; designation of courtrooms.
Conservators of the peace; search warrants, military criminal investigative organizations.
Judges; maximum number in each judicial district.
Divorce; affidavit submitted as evidence, minor children of the parties.
Attorney-issued subpoenas; release of witness.
Sexual abuse by person of authority; civil cause of action, limitations period.
Guardianship and conservatorship; identifying information and evaluation report.
Child custody, etc.; educational seminars approved by Office of Ex. Sec. of Supreme Court of Va.
Industrial hemp; selling or offering for sale a topical hemp product, etc.
Disciplining attorneys and reinstatement of attorneys; procedure by three-judge circuit court.
Interlocutory orders, certain; jurisdiction of appeals, immunity.
Child abuse and neglect; custody and visitation, possession or consumption of substances.
Juveniles; prohibited sales and loans, clarifies definition of sexual conduct.
Paternity; genetic tests to determine parentage, relief from paternity.
Special conservators of the peace; airport commission or authority.
Campgrounds; definitions, inherent risks, liability, notice required.
Wrongful death; death of parent/guardian of child resulting from driving motor veh. under influence.
Family cemeteries; interment rights, proof of kinship.
Firearms; purchase, etc., following an assault and battery against person in dating relationship.
Civil action against parent; minor's possession and use of firearm.
Owners of firearms; use of firearm by minor in commission of crime or to cause bodily injury.
Weapons; possession or transportation, facility that provides mental health services.
Firearm locks; required for sale or transfer of handguns, warning against accessibility to children.
Juveniles; prohibited sales and loans, clarifies definition of sexual conduct.
Infants left in newborn safety devices or hospital personnel, etc.; placement protocol.
Juveniles; prohibited sales and loans, clarifies definition of sexual conduct.
Juveniles; prohibited sales and loans of materials deemed harmful.
Improvements, repairs, or maintenance of property; entering adjoining property, petition for entry.
Books and motion pictures; proceedings for adjudication of obscenity, etc.
Higher educational institutions, public; agreement to provide aggregated, nonconfidential case data.
Divorce; cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment.
Contributory negligence bar; abolished.
Interlocutory decrees or orders, certain; appeals, report.
Magistrates; appointment and supervision.
Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol; distribution, penalty.
Statute of limitations; medical debt payment period.
Best interests of the child; assuring frequent and continuing contact with both parents.
Paternity; genetic tests to determine parentage, relief from paternity, certain actions, penalty.
Termination of parental rights of person who committed sexual assault; evidence standard.
Surrogacy contracts; provisions requiring abortions or selective reductions unenforceable.
Appeals bond; removes requirement for indigent parties to post, appeal of unlawful detainer.
Appeals bond; removes requirement for indigent parties to post, appeal of unlawful detainer.
Statute of limitations; collection of medical debt.
Support of parents by child; repeal provision.
Eminent domain; various changes to the laws pertaining to condemnation procedures.
Health care providers; stay of debt collection activities, prohibited practice.
Eminent domain; redefines lost access and lost profits.
Eminent domain; payment of judgment, attorney fees.
Support orders; retroactivity, arrearages, party's incarceration.
Retired circuit and district court judges under recall; evaluation.
Guardians; appointment, petitions for guardianship, report.
Public health emergencies; expands immunity for health care providers.
Foster care placements; court review, best interests of the child.
Division of marital property; Va. Retirement System managed defined contribution plan, etc.
Judge; Second Judicial Circuit, resident judge in Counties of Accomack and Northampton.
Injunctions; review by the Supreme Court of Virginia.
Child support; calculation of gross income for determination, rental income.
Sexually explicit visual material to another; civil action for dissemination of images, penalty.
Incapacitated persons; changes to provisions of guardianship and conservatorship.
Proceeds of compromise agreements; investment in college savings trust accounts for minors.
Fiduciaries; payment of small amounts to certain persons without involvement, threshold amount.
Summons for unlawful detainer; notice to tenant, adverse employment actions prohibited.
Judgments; limitations on enforcement, extensions and renewals.
Civil actions; health care bills and records.
Support orders; income withholding order, employer fees.
Adoption; court to refer case to child-placing agency.
Transfer on death deed; conveyance of cooperative interest.
Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act; replaces prior Act.
Person under a disability; parties unknown.
Statute of limitations; promises not to plead.
Service of process; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth, etc.
Will contest; presumption of undue influence.
Civil cases; reimbursement of costs.
Guardianship and conservatorship; duties of the guardian ad litem, report contents.
Guardianship visitation requirements; DARS shall convene a work group to review and evaluate.
Guardianship and conservatorship; notice of hearing, cross-petitions.
Nonsuits; appeals from judgment of a general district court.
Index of wills; Rockingham Circuit Court to establish pilot program.
Personal property; distrained or levied on property, auctioneers or auction firms outside county.
Conveyances of property; acceptance by clerk's office for recordation.
Conveyances of property; acceptance by clerk's office for recordation.
Jurors; increases the daily compensation.
Health care providers; debt collection activities, prohibited practice.
Alcohol or marijuana product; liability for sale to an underage person.
Real property; entering adjoining property to improve, etc., petitioning circuit court.
Death of parent or guardian of a child resulting from driving under the influence; child support.
Child support; interest on arrearages.
Child support obligations; party's incarceration not deemed voluntary unemployment/underemployment.
Parenting Coordinator Act; created.
Death of parent or guardian of a child resulting from driving under the influence; child support.
Divorce; grounds of cruelty, abuse, desertion, or abandonment eliminates waiting period.
Best interests of the child; assuring frequent and continuing contact with both parents.
Guardianship and conservatorship; periodic review hearings.
Guardianship; procedures for restriction of communication, visitation, or interaction.
Civil action for the deprivation of rights; duties and liabilities of certain employers.
Civil actions; filed on behalf of multiple persons.
Paternity; genetic tests to determine parentage, relief from paternity, certain actions, penalty.
Termination of parental rights of person who committed sexual assault; evidence standard.
Deed of trust; notices required before proposed sale by trustee.
Child custody, visitation, and placement; best interests of the child.
Wrongful death; death of parent or guardian of a child resulting from driving under the influence.
Guardianship; duties of guardian, visitation requirements.
Hospices, home care organizations, private providers, etc; immunity from liability.
Malicious prosecution; creates civil cause of action, self-defense.
Rights of persons w/disabilities; procedure for certain actions, website accessibility of bank, etc.
Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; breach of procedures.
Notaries; qualifications.
Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians Procedural Guarantee Act; breach of procedures, etc.
Unlawful detainer; appeal bond.
Eminent domain; entry upon private property, calculation of just compensation, damages.
Clerks of court; collection of DNA sample for certain offenses, disclosure of tax information.
Jurisdiction of claim; plaintiff's motion to amend claim amount, certified copy of transfer order.
Protective orders; contents of preliminary orders, docketing of appeal.
Employment records; written request from employee, subpoena duces tecum.
Evidence; establishes that a party or potential litigant has a duty to preserve.
Property & Conveyances; revision of Title 55 to create Title 55.1, pertains to rental property, etc.
Medical evidence admissible in juvenile and domestic relations district court; hearings.
Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; jurisdiction, specific findings of fact.
Newspapers; legal notice and publications, requirements.
Garage and mechanics' liens; increases amount of lien.
Guardianship; annual report filed by guardian.
Mechanics' liens; notice of sale.
Uniform Transfers to Minors Act; transfer of property.
Clerks of circuit courts; retention of wills lodged in clerk's office for safekeeping.
Removal of a child; names and contact information of relatives or other interested individuals.
Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; jurisdiction, specific findings of fact.
Landlord; managing agent.
Summons; attendance before commissions of another state.
Uniform Power of Attorney Act; recovery of attorney fees.
Child abuse or neglect; out-of-court and recorded statements made by a child.
Assisted conception; amends statute to provide gender-neutral terminology, etc.
Custody and visitation orders; exchange of child.
Civil actions; determination of indigency.
Financial institution; payment or delivery of small asset by affidavit, check, etc.
Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council; advisory opinions, evidence in civil proceeding.
Financial exploitation of adults; reporting by financial institution staff.
Wrongful death beneficiaries; parents of decedent who receive support or services, etc.
Clerks of court; Torrens system.
Parental or legal custodial powers; delegation of powers, child-placing agency.
Military retirement benefits; marital share.
Family First Prevention Services Act, federal; statutory alignment.
Watercraft; transfer by operation of law, transfer on death.
Statute of limitations; action based on an unsigned, written contract.
Protective orders, preliminary; full hearing date if an act of God causes closure of a court, etc.
Persons in Commonwealth; reaffirming equal protection under the law.
Child support; withholding of income of independent contractors.
Eminent domain; eliminates specific provisions for assessment of costs in certain proceedings.
Eminent domain; costs for petition for distribution of funds, interest rate.
Children; maximizing amount of time minor children spend with each parent.
Medical records; subpoena duces tecum, additional time to comply.
No-fault divorce; waiver of service of process.
Appellate damages; specifies that when any judgment is affirmed, etc.
Nondisclosure or confidentiality agreements; sexual assault, condition of employment.
Summons for unlawful detainer; initial hearing, subsequent filings, termination notice.
Tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, etc.; purchase, possession, and sale.
Post-adoption contact & communication agreements; authority to enter into agreements.
Custody and visitation arrangements; best interests of the child, domestic abuse and child abuse.
Judges; maximum number in nineteenth judicial district.
Wrongful death beneficiaries; parents of decedent who receive support or services, etc.
Corporate officer; deposition witness.
Summary judgment; limited use of discovery depositions and affidavits.
Habeas corpus; reorganizes, updates outdated language, and removes unused provisions.
Sanctions; other frivolous pleadings.
Action against parents for minor knowingly possessing on school property, civil liability.
Apparel-cleaning service; gender-based price discrimination, civil penalty.
Virginia Human Rights Act; creation of cause of action for discrimination.
Custody and visitation arrangements; best interests of the child, domestic abuse, child abuse.
Clerks; refusal to record certain liens or encumbrances.
Immunity from civil liability; abuse of process, malicious prosecution, or emotional distress.
Kinship foster care; notice, family assessments.
Guardianship; communication between incapacitated persons & others, notification of relatives.
Protective orders, preliminary; hearing by two-way electronic video and audio communication.
Sexual abuse; limitations period.
Custody and visitation arrangements; presumption of equal time.
Adoption by stepparent; background checks.
Custody and visitation arrangements; best interests of the child, domestic abuse, child abuse.
Nonpayment of wages; private cause of action by an employee.
Va. Public Procurement Act; statute of limitations on actions on construction contracts, bonds, etc.
Preliminary removal order or preliminary protective order for a child; hearing, evidence.
Statewide e-filing system; creating for civil case filings.
Guardians ad litem for children; report requirements, certification form.
Parental or legal custodial powers, temporary delegation; child-placing agency.
Joint legal, joint physical, or sole child custody; court shall consider and may award.
Eminent domain proceedings; distribution of funds to owner or owner's attorney.
Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; deadline extensions.
Court reporters or court reporting services provider; prohibited actions, civil penalties.
Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP; duty of in-network providers to submit claims.
Patients; medically or ethically inappropriate care not required.
Nonconfidential court records; clerk of court shall make records available to public upon request.
Spousal support payments; employer withholding.
Emergency custody; extension of period of detention.
Spousal support; modification.
Spousal support; modification when person reaches retirement age.
Eminent domain; calculation of lost profits, amends definitions.
Child abuse or neglect; civil proceedings, testimony of children.
Qualification of fiduciary without security; possession of assets, etc., by guardian, etc.
Foster care and adoption; disclosure of information prior to placement.
Compensation guardian ad litem appointed to represent a child; adjustment by the court.
Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; disclosures, Virginia College Savings Plan.
Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; disclosure statements, multiple positions.
Service of process; domestic limited liability company.
Personal injury claim; disclosure of insurance policy limits.
Trust decanting; authorized fiduciary.
Subpoenas; issuance by Director of Department of Health Professions or his designee.
Unclaimed property; deposits and funds with financial institutions, charges and interest.
Patients; medically or ethically inappropriate care not required.
Contractors, general; waiver or diminishment of lien rights, subordination of lien rights.
Competency and sanity evaluations; location of evaluation.
Elective share claim; calculation of the augmented estate.
Prisoners; medical and mental health treatment of those incapable of giving consent.
Spoliation of evidence; jury instruction.
Divorce proceedings; transfer of case for modification.
Unlawful detainer, summons for; foreclosure.
Punitive damages; raises cap from $350,000 to $500,000.
Partition; election to purchase.
Campaign finance; prohibited personal use, civil penalty.
Eminent domain; empanelment of commissioners.
Statewide e-filing system; creating for civil case filings.
Parental rights; annual foster care review.
Unlawful detainer; execution of writ of possession.
Proceeds of a sale, a partition suit, or condemnation proceeding; persons under a disability, etc.
Execution of temporary detention orders; inmates in local correctional facilities.
Nonconfidential court records; clerk of court shall make records available to public upon request.
Pro se minors; signing of pleading, motion, or other paper by next friend.
Child support; calculation of obligation, multiple custody arrangements.
Child support; guidelines for determination of obligation, child support orders.
Minors; alternative facility of temporary detention.
Attorney fees; repeals provision that allows only fee of one attorney to be taxed by court.
Child and spousal support; access to case files.
Adult protective services; emergency order, appointment of temporary conservator.
Foreclosure; notice of sale when owner is deceased.
Guardians ad litem for children; report requirements, certification form.
Electronic case papers; transmission between district and circuit courts.
Child abuse and neglect; venue may lie where alleged abuse or neglect occurred, etc.
Protective orders; cases of family abuse, cellular telephone numbers or other electronic device.
Wills and revocable trusts; eliminating certain inconsistencies.
Adultery; reduces penalty to a civil penalty.
Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; formal advisory opinions.
Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council; annual inspection of disclosure forms.
Conflict of Interests Acts, State and Local Government, and General Assembly; prohibited contracts.
Lobbyist disclosure; out-of-state registration report.
Internet capabilities; prohibited sale of products, obscene content blocking capability.
Employers and potential employers; civil immunity, reports of violent behavior by an employee.
Settlement agreements; indemnification provision declared void & waiver of sexual harassment claim.
Homestead exemption; bankruptcy exemptions.
Consumer arbitration; private arbitration company, information reporting requirement.
Electronic wills; requirements.
Attorney General, Office of the; misclassification of employees as independent contractors.
Prisoners; medical and mental health treatment of those incapable of giving consent.
Residual parental rights; termination if in child's best interest, foster care placement.
Punitive damages; eliminates limitation of total amount that can be awarded in an action.
Nonsuits; recommencement of action.
Personal injury actions; situations of peril created by plaintiff's negligence.
Mandatory outpatient treatment; consent.
Mandatory outpatient treatment; extends time period for adults and juveniles.
Treatment pursuant to judicial order; when provider not liable.
Scope of discovery; deposing certain corporate officers.
Rights of ingress and egress; use of former rail spur track easement, continuation or reinstatement.
Minors; alternative facility of temporary detention.
Nuisance; breach of peace.
Arbitration agreements; unconscionable and unenforceable provisions, sexual harassment and assault.
Health care providers; meeting, trial, and deposition charges.
Guardianship; communication between incapacitated persons & others, notification of relatives.
Involuntary commitment of a juvenile; notification of parents.
Custody and visitation; rights of parents with a disability.
Jurisdiction of claim; plaintiff's motion to amend claim amount, transfer of matter.
Expert witnesses; standards for testimony.
Statute of limitations; discovery rule.
Virginia Human Rights Act; limitations on causes of action.
Child support order payee; change in physical custody of child, orders involving DSS.
Breach of personal information notification; defines unreasonable delay.
Missing-heir search firms; void contracts.
Pro se minors; signing of pleading, motion, or other paper by next friend.
Office of the Attorney General; debt collection, fees.
Duty to take reasonable precautions; criminal conduct of a third party.
Guardianship; communication between incapacitated persons and others.
Personal injury; loss of consortium claims by certain relatives.
Custody and visitation; rights of parents with a disability.
Parental or legal custodial powers, temporary delegation; child-placing agency.
Statewide e-filing system; creating for civil case filings.
Payment of wages; remedies, penalties.
Case management system; public accessibility.
Firearms; reporting when lost or stolen.
Wages; cause of action against an employer for nonpayment.
Nonpayment of wages; private cause of action by an employee.
Protective orders, preliminary; contents of order.