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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Guardianship; copy of appointment, termination, or modification order."
+description: "Guardianship; copy of appointment, termination, or modification order; Department of Medical Assistance Services. Removes the requirement of a clerk of court in a guardianship proceeding to forward a copy of an order appointing a guardian and a copy of the certificate of qualification to the Department of Medical Assistance Services. The bill further removes such a forwarding requirement when a guardianship is terminated or otherwise modified. This bill is identical to SB 216."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1119"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1119 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["May Nivar"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-04-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29be7bb2-ab8b-415c-9d6e-2ded33517f2a"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1119"
+source_hash: "a0f6123a686b6d923af580fcbb58c9010ab8466cc093d9faa474632f20247b2a"
+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 1119 (2026) — Guardianship; copy of appointment, termination, or modification order.
+
+Guardianship; copy of appointment, termination, or modification order; Department of Medical Assistance Services. Removes the requirement of a clerk of court in a guardianship proceeding to forward a copy of an order appointing a guardian and a copy of the certificate of qualification to the Department of Medical Assistance Services. The bill further removes such a forwarding requirement when a guardianship is terminated or otherwise modified. This bill is identical to SB 216.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087500.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217578.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177911.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- May Nivar — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104106D `filing, introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1119)
+- **2026-01-29** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
+- **2026-02-04** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-18** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1119ER) `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1119)
+- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 265 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0265)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29be7bb2-ab8b-415c-9d6e-2ded33517f2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+