---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protective orders in cases of family abuse; maximum time valid."
description: "Protective orders in cases of family abuse; maximum time valid. Provides that if the court finds, based upon evidence presented, that the respondent has been subject to a previous permanent protective order in cases of family abuse issued within 10 years, the court may issue a permanent protective order in a case of family abuse for a specified period of time up to a maximum of four years. The bill further provides that such protective order may be extended for a period of not longer than two years, regardless of whether such order was initially issued for a period of time up to a maximum of two years or four years. Current law allows such protective orders to be issued for a specified period of time up to a maximum of two years and extended for a period of time not longer than two years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2123"
citation: "Virginia HB 2123 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Lopes Maldonado"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bac727f7-8aa9-4a7a-acc5-700c252db49c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2123"
source_hash: "488234091167d1a0e603516192fe8601bd0468309cc55b7192793633a8ccb369"
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 2123 (2025) — Protective orders in cases of family abuse; maximum time valid.

Protective orders in cases of family abuse; maximum time valid. Provides that if the court finds, based upon evidence presented, that the respondent has been subject to a previous permanent protective order in cases of family abuse issued within 10 years, the court may issue a permanent protective order in a case of family abuse for a specified period of time up to a maximum of four years. The bill further provides that such protective order may be extended for a period of not longer than two years, regardless of whether such order was initially issued for a period of time up to a maximum of two years or four years. Current law allows such protective orders to be issued for a specified period of time up to a maximum of two years and extended for a period of time not longer than two years.

## 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/1015197.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071526.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037516.PDF)
4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050362.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066984.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 1-N 1-A) — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 2-N) — **18–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104518D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2123)
- **2025-01-28** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Committee substitute printed 25106572D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Impact statement from VCSC (HB2123)
- **2025-02-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2123)
- **2025-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee substitute printed 25107401D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-13** Impact statement from VCSC (HB2123)
- **2025-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2123)
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-19** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-19** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Senate substitute agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2123ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2123)
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 161 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0161)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bac727f7-8aa9-4a7a-acc5-700c252db49c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).