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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Divorce proceedings; transfer of case for modification."
+description: "Provides that after the entry of a decree of divorce a vinculo matrimonii the circuit court shall not (i) transfer a case for modification to the juvenile and domestic relations district court in the absence of a motion by either party or (ii) require a provision for transfer of matters for modification to the juvenile and domestic relations district court as a condition of entry of a decree of divorce a vinculo matrimonii. The bill modifies the provision allowing transfer of any matters covered by the divorce decree to a juvenile and domestic relations district court to add transfer to any circuit court that constitutes a more appropriate forum."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 289"
+citation: "Virginia HB 289 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Christopher E. Collins"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-01-03"
+last_action: "2018-03-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d568259f-51d1-4543-acdf-a3101b3a9245"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB289"
+source_hash: "6edf07d2581583c7feefc8229bca86f442de654d1ccca558c672d2baf1a7bb74"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 289 (2018) — Divorce proceedings; transfer of case for modification.
+
+Provides that after the entry of a decree of divorce a vinculo matrimonii the circuit court shall not (i) transfer a case for modification to the juvenile and domestic relations district court in the absence of a motion by either party or (ii) require a provision for transfer of matters for modification to the juvenile and domestic relations district court as a condition of entry of a decree of divorce a vinculo matrimonii. The bill modifies the provision allowing transfer of any matters covered by the divorce decree to a juvenile and domestic relations district court to add transfer to any circuit court that constitutes a more appropriate forum.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB289ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB289ER)
+2. **House: Committee substitute printed 18105772D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB289H1)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103659D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB289)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103659D `introduction`
+- **2018-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-08** Committee substitute agreed to 18105772D-H1
+- **2018-02-08** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB289H1
+- **2018-02-09** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y -0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2018-02-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
+- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
+- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
+- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
+- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 254 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d568259f-51d1-4543-acdf-a3101b3a9245`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+