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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act; disclosure of identifying information."
+description: "Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and EnforcementAct; disclosure of identifying information; pleading or affidavit.Clarifies that a hearing and written finding of the issue of thedisclosure of certain identifying information of a child in a childcustody proceeding shall be held and made by the court within 15days of the filing of an affidavit that the health, safety, or libertyof a child would be jeopardized by disclosure of identifying information.Current law allows such filing to be made in the form of an affidavitor a pleading, but only applies the requirement that the court hearand decide the case within 15 days to pleadings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 436"
+citation: "Virginia HB 436 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve E. Heretick"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-03"
+last_action: "2020-03-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/208a20b1-fbef-413f-9dae-97a3dd376fc4"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB436"
+source_hash: "0a60005bd8fb14be74fefca17770e825821b0c2a5c5d5f688a923934cf974c62"
+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 436 (2020) — Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act; disclosure of identifying information.
+
+Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and EnforcementAct; disclosure of identifying information; pleading or affidavit.Clarifies that a hearing and written finding of the issue of thedisclosure of certain identifying information of a child in a childcustody proceeding shall be held and made by the court within 15days of the filing of an affidavit that the health, safety, or libertyof a child would be jeopardized by disclosure of identifying information.Current law allows such filing to be made in the form of an affidavitor a pleading, but only applies the requirement that the court hearand decide the case within 15 days to pleadings.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0042)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB436ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB436ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB436)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB436)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve E. Heretick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100186D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB436)
+- **2020-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-01-28** VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-12** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-19** Enrolled
+- **2020-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB436ER)
+- **2020-02-19** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-02-20** Signed by President
+- **2020-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
+- **2020-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
+- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 42 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/208a20b1-fbef-413f-9dae-97a3dd376fc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+