---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; notice of appeal to the circuit court."
description: "Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; notice of appeal to the circuit court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1992"
citation: "Virginia HB 1992 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Herring"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f6d9d8f-425e-4d32-a90e-9cc0e5315daf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1992"
source_hash: "7566cd88cbbbdf1392b38b53a49d352a39c58dba3eb6491770d1595ac0df442a"
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 1992 (2023) — Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; notice of appeal to the circuit court.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0788** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0788)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105142D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1992H1)
3. **HB1992ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1992ER)
4. **HB1992ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1992ER2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100641D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1992)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## 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 23100641D `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
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute printed 23105142D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 23105142D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1992H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1992ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** 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** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB1992ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 788 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0788)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f6d9d8f-425e-4d32-a90e-9cc0e5315daf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).