Virginia House Bill 2542 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 25-1)
Status: Passed on March 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Temporary delegation of parental or legal custodial powers; child-placing agency. Allows a parent or legal custodian of a minor to delegate to another person by a properly executed power of attorney any powers regarding care, custody, or property of the minor for a period not exceeding 180 days. The bill provides that a parent or legal custodian who is a service member, as defined in the bill, may delegate such powers for a period of longer than 180 days while on active duty service, but specifies that such a period is not to exceed such active duty service plus 30 days. The bill provides that any such power of attorney shall be signed by all persons with authority to make decisions concerning the child, the person to whom powers are delegated under the power of attorney, and a representative of a licensed child-placing agency that assists parents and legal guardians with the process of delegating parental and legal custodial powers of their children. The bill specifies that such licensed child-placing agency will be subject to background checks and must develop and implement written policies for certain services and provide staff and provider training. The bill further requires that any person to whom any such powers are delegated shall comply with background check requirements established by regulations of the Board of Social Services or otherwise provided by law.

Parental or legal custodial powers; delegation of powers, child-placing agency.

Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. Terry Austin [R]	Del. Richard Bell [R]	Sen. Emily Brewer [R]
Del. Ronnie Campbell [R]	Del. Mark Cole [R]	Del. Kirkland Cox [R]	Del. James Edmunds [R]
Del. Matt Fariss [R]	Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Scott Garrett [R]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Timothy Hugo [R]	Del. Riley Ingram [R]	Del. Chris Jones [R]	Del. Steven Landes [R]
Del. Daniel Marshall [R]	Sen. John McGuire [R]	Del. Robert Orrock [R]	Del. Christopher Peace [R]
Del. Brenda Pogge [R]	Del. Charles Poindexter [R]	Del. Roxann Robinson [R]	Del. Robert Thomas [R]
Del. Tony Wilt [R]	Del. Thomas Wright [R]

2019-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (71-Y 27-N 1-A) (Y: 71 N: 27 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-25 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N) (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-08		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0297)
2019-03-08		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 297 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-19		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-19	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
2019-02-15	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-15	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-15	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2542ER)
2019-02-15	House	Enrolled
2019-02-13	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2019-02-13	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
2019-02-01	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-01-31	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (71-Y 27-N 1-A)
2019-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House (71-Y 27-N 1-A)
2019-01-30	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2542H1
2019-01-30	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19105682D-H1
2019-01-30	House	Read second time
2019-01-29	House	Read first time
2019-01-25	House	Committee substitute printed 19105682D-H1
2019-01-25	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
2019-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
2019-01-17	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103471D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
63	2	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
63	2	1715	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2542
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2542+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2542H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2542ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0297+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0802V0038+HB2542
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H08V0062+HB2542
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2104+HB2542
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S03V0243+HB2542
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0538HB2542+HB2542
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0587HB2542+HB2542