---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family abuse protective orders; filing a petition on behalf of minors."
description: "Family abuse protective orders; filing a petition on behalf of minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 873"
citation: "Virginia SB 873 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McDougle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bd6d2e3-ab10-4dec-8bee-e30ea2a6f9f8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB873"
source_hash: "db2559868265c0f789508670354f86eabe041808c22aba6123fca5a68f876620"
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 SB 873 (2023) — Family abuse protective orders; filing a petition on behalf of minors.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0565** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0565)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101853D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB873)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23101853D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB873E)
4. **SB873ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB873ER)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- McDougle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101853D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-16** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-18** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-01-18** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB873E
- **2023-01-18** Printed as engrossed 23101853D-E
- **2023-01-19** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB873E)
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-11** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-23** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB873ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB873ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 565 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0565)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bd6d2e3-ab10-4dec-8bee-e30ea2a6f9f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).