Virginia Senate Bill 7 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 25 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0509)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Appointed counsel for parents or guardians. Requires court-appointed counsel for a parent or guardian of a child in cases of alleged abuse or neglect or termination of parental rights to be selected from the list of attorneys who qualify as guardians ad litem compiled and maintained by the Judicial Council of Virginia. If no attorney who is on the list is reasonably available or appropriate considering the circumstances of the parent or case, a judge in his discretion may appoint any discreet and competent attorney who is admitted to practice law in Virginia.

Appointed counsel for parents or guardians; attorneys who qualify as guardian ad litem.

Sen. William Stanley [R]

2016-03-01 - Senate - Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-24 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-25		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0509)
2016-03-25		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 509 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-03-07		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
2016-03-07	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016
2016-03-05	Senate	Signed by President
2016-03-02	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-03-02	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB7ER)
2016-03-02	Senate	Enrolled
2016-03-01	Senate	House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-26	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
2016-02-26	House	Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2016-02-26	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2016-02-26	House	Committee amendment agreed to
2016-02-26	House	Read third time
2016-02-25	House	Read second time
2016-02-24	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
2016-02-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
2016-02-18	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
2016-02-08	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-02-08	House	Read first time
2016-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-02-04	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-02-03	Senate	Printed as engrossed 16100440D-E
2016-02-03	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB7E
2016-02-03	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2016-02-03	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2016-02-03	Senate	Read second time
2016-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2016-02-01	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2015-11-22	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-11-22	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100440D

HB671 (Same As) 2016-03-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0182)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	266.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB7
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB7+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB7E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB7ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0509+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0138+SB0007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0173SB0007+SB0007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0194SB0007+SB0007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H0802V0100+SB0007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H08V0371+SB0007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0969+SB0007
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0729SB0007+SB0007