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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Protective order in case of family abuse; termination of temporary order of child support."
+description: "Protective order in case of family abuse; terminationof temporary order of child support. Provides that when a courtincludes a temporary child support order with the issuance of a protectiveorder in the case of family abuse, such temporary child support ordershall terminate when a court determines child support in a subsequentproceeding or when the protective order expires, whichever occursfirst. Current law requires that such temporary child support orderterminate only after a court determines child support in a subsequentproceeding. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Councilof Virginia and the Committee on District Courts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 294"
+citation: "Virginia HB 294 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Ballard"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-01-05"
+last_action: "2024-03-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8440425c-afe8-4921-975a-858e2a7d32ea"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB294"
+source_hash: "1915765eae8970a9ecb94e46ee32a152fafe7c1d31d93fe8494daca871aa6269"
+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 294 (2024) — Protective order in case of family abuse; termination of temporary order of child support.
+
+Protective order in case of family abuse; terminationof temporary order of child support. Provides that when a courtincludes a temporary child support order with the issuance of a protectiveorder in the case of family abuse, such temporary child support ordershall terminate when a court determines child support in a subsequentproceeding or when the protective order expires, whichever occursfirst. Current law requires that such temporary child support orderterminate only after a court determines child support in a subsequentproceeding. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Councilof Virginia and the Committee on District Courts.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0026)
+2. **HB294ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB294ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101192D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB294)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jason S. Ballard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101192D `filing, introduction`
+- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-01-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2024-01-26** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB294ER) `passage`
+- **2024-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 26 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0026)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8440425c-afe8-4921-975a-858e2a7d32ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+