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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Guardianship and conservatorship; periodic review hearings."
+description: "Guardianship and conservatorship; periodic review hearings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 987"
+citation: "Virginia SB 987 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mason"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2023-01-06"
+last_action: "2023-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a088c42-bb03-451a-b532-11db12f68b92"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB987"
+source_hash: "6d3eb672f23b49feb5ea10409dba134cd9c1ee8a2f4dd40d8adf51cd4aed2576"
+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 SB 987 (2023) — Guardianship and conservatorship; periodic review hearings.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0595** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0595)
+2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102563D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB987)
+3. **SB987ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB987ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mason — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102563D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-13** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-13** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB987)
+- **2023-01-31** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
+- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-17** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-20** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-23** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB987ER) `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB987ER)
+- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 595 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0595)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a088c42-bb03-451a-b532-11db12f68b92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+