---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child support; calculation of obligation, multiple custody arrangements."
description: "Establishes methods by which child support obligations can be calculated when multiple custody arrangements exist between parents of children subject to child support orders. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 981"
citation: "Virginia SB 981 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00520729-b6f7-4834-8459-daf5e550828a"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB981"
source_hash: "2664c4cb2adcf7142e1bf1bd6e749f9a01c2056d0777bb18922ba0a26975dc9f"
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 981 (2018) — Child support; calculation of obligation, multiple custody arrangements.

Establishes methods by which child support obligations can be calculated when multiple custody arrangements exist between parents of children subject to child support orders. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB981ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB981ER)
2. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18105396D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB981)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **17–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 18105396D `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 191 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00520729-b6f7-4834-8459-daf5e550828a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).