---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardianship and conservatorship; notice of hearing, cross-petitions."
description: "Guardianship and conservatorship; notice of hearing. Requires the notice of hearing for a guardianship or conservatorship petition to include a notice that any adult individual or entity whose name and post office address appears in the initial petition for appointment may become a party to the action by filing a pleading with the circuit court in which the guardianship or conservatorship proceeding is pending."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1212"
citation: "Virginia HB 1212 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackie H. Glass"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ee39c86-c584-4d8e-8f68-99598ecca689"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1212"
source_hash: "be281c20c485c8bafa3609a87e242eb63c46aff677d4539f4122945f8d5e2121"
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 1212 (2022) — Guardianship and conservatorship; notice of hearing, cross-petitions.

Guardianship and conservatorship; notice of hearing. Requires the notice of hearing for a guardianship or conservatorship petition to include a notice that any adult individual or entity whose name and post office address appears in the initial petition for appointment may become a party to the action by filing a pleading with the circuit court in which the guardianship or conservatorship proceeding is pending.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0278** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0278)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105682D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1212H1)
3. **HB1212ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1212ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 22101034D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1212)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N) — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackie H. Glass — primary (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 22101034D `introduction`
- **2022-01-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 1-N)
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07** Committee substitute printed 22105682D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 22105682D-H1
- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1212H1
- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-14** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Passed by temporarily
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-03-02** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-03-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled
- **2022-03-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 278 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ee39c86-c584-4d8e-8f68-99598ecca689`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).