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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Civil actions; determination of indigency."
+description: "Provides that, in the case of a no-fault divorce proceeding, there is a presumption that a party to the case who is the recipient of a state or federally funded public assistance program for the indigent is unable to pay the fees or costs. The bill further provides that, in such no-fault divorce proceeding, such person shall certify to the receipt of such benefits under oath."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 1944"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1944 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts of Record", "Domestic Relations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2019-01-06"
+last_action: "2019-03-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6156664-0c24-4b1f-b42d-9ed631153c52"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1944"
+source_hash: "39d2b3b819f27c96190f028d96bc7e5a491ec13795c27666e5cfeccf3eb0d12c"
+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 1944 (2019) — Civil actions; determination of indigency.
+
+Provides that, in the case of a no-fault divorce proceeding, there is a presumption that a party to the case who is the recipient of a state or federally funded public assistance program for the indigent is unable to pay the fees or costs. The bill further provides that, in such no-fault divorce proceeding, such person shall certify to the receipt of such benefits under oath.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0411)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0411)
+2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1944)
+3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1944ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1944ER)
+4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105765D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1944H1)
+5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101359D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1944)
+6. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106545D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1944S1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106545D-S1 — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
+- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101359D `introduction`
+- **2019-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2019-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 19105765D-H1
+- **2019-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1944H1
+- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2019-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 19106545D-S1
+- **2019-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1944S1
+- **2019-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2019-02-13** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106545D-S1 (96-Y 0-N)
+- **2019-02-15** Enrolled
+- **2019-02-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-02-15** Signed by President
+- **2019-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
+- **2019-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
+- **2019-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 411 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6156664-0c24-4b1f-b42d-9ed631153c52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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