---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardianship; procedures for restriction of communication, visitation, or interaction."
description: "Guardianship; procedures for restriction of communication, visitation, or interaction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2027"
citation: "Virginia HB 2027 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roem"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25644c59-0c74-43d4-bb97-7b7fe0c96586"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2027"
source_hash: "2b05714b72c19b4694473bc9a448b3a6ca69c54f590cfe45cd3c418e275c3988"
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 2027 (2023) — Guardianship; procedures for restriction of communication, visitation, or interaction.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0460** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0460)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105112D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2027H1)
3. **HB2027ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2027ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103726D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2027)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roem — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103726D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute printed 23105112D-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 23105112D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2027H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB2027H1)
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-22** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2027ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB2027ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 460 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0460)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25644c59-0c74-43d4-bb97-7b7fe0c96586`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).