---
type: "Bill"
title: "Spousal support; reservation of right to seek, material change of circumstances."
description: "Spousal support; reservation of right to seek;material change of circumstances. Provides that, unless otherwiseprovided by stipulation or contract, or unless otherwise orderedby the court, a party seeking to exercise his reserved right to spousalsupport shall be required to prove that a material change of circumstanceshas occurred as a prerequisite for the court to consider exerciseof such reservation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 432"
citation: "Virginia SB 432 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37c1229a-6d2f-46d6-9225-419d094d1dcf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB432"
source_hash: "090fe1cebd38bc6f8158b4fe6f46d102854bd07985f04bbb7f373ade2aca4e05"
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 432 (2020) — Spousal support; reservation of right to seek, material change of circumstances.

Spousal support; reservation of right to seek;material change of circumstances. Provides that, unless otherwiseprovided by stipulation or contract, or unless otherwise orderedby the court, a party seeking to exercise his reserved right to spousalsupport shall be required to prove that a material change of circumstanceshas occurred as a prerequisite for the court to consider exerciseof such reservation.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0196)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0196)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB432ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB432ER)
3. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB432ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB432)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 2-N) — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100439D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- **2020-01-27** Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-19** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Enrolled
- **2020-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-25** Signed by President
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
- **2020-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 196 (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/37c1229a-6d2f-46d6-9225-419d094d1dcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).