---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fictive kin; definition."
description: "Child dependency cases; court procedures; fictive kin; definition. Updates the definition of fictive kin to specify that such person is required to have an established relationship with a child or his family prior to the child's initial entry into foster care to meet the definition of fictive kin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1327"
citation: "Virginia HB 1327 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne Ferrell Tata"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/518754cd-6505-4e9a-b1fb-9e46fb15ba98"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1327"
source_hash: "6e900062131eff980add53f66bd1800c8bd732141e3c76190530710fc1152c32"
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 1327 (2026) — Fictive kin; definition.

Child dependency cases; court procedures; fictive kin; definition. Updates the definition of fictive kin to specify that such person is required to have an established relationship with a child or his family prior to the child's initial entry into foster care to meet the definition of fictive kin.

## 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/1090109.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217398.PDF)
3. **Civil Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135439.PDF)
4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142360.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1200525.PDF)

## Votes

- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anne Ferrell Tata — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 26105171D `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1327)
- **2026-02-09** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute printed 26107576D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Passed by temporarily
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1327ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 298 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0298)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/518754cd-6505-4e9a-b1fb-9e46fb15ba98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).