---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; appointment of counsel or guardian ad litem."
description: "Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; appointment of counsel or guardian ad litem."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1990"
citation: "Virginia HB 1990 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herring"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/139e527d-85ae-4888-b244-646aaa0ffe9d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1990"
source_hash: "cfd5e94eb727c827f6c43441aedab2756ac306514b592ebbea4705fda487aacd"
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 1990 (2023) — Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; appointment of counsel or guardian ad litem.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0623** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0623)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104842D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1990H1)
3. **HB1990ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1990ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100640D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1990)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Herring — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100640D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute printed 23104842D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 23104842D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1990H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1990H1)
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1990ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1990ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 623 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/139e527d-85ae-4888-b244-646aaa0ffe9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).