---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foreign protective orders in cases of family abuse; enforcement."
description: "Foreign protective orders in cases of family abuse; enforcement. Clarifies that the same criminal penalty applies for any person who violates the provisions of a foreign protective order in a case of family abuse that is accorded full faith and credit and is enforceable in the Commonwealth as if it were an order of the Commonwealth. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia and is identical to HB 1781."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1095"
citation: "Virginia SB 1095 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily M. Jordan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f97798b-da5b-4991-98d7-bf1e50e94c99"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1095"
source_hash: "bd84f9eb3f3f10d3fe586887c4fe93ac9fb8a1769c47a7fc00e45a28946793b1"
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 1095 (2025) — Foreign protective orders in cases of family abuse; enforcement.

Foreign protective orders in cases of family abuse; enforcement. Clarifies that the same criminal penalty applies for any person who violates the provisions of a foreign protective order in a case of family abuse that is accorded full faith and credit and is enforceable in the Commonwealth as if it were an order of the Commonwealth. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia and is identical to HB 1781.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017823.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077462.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1045589.PDF)

## Votes

- Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emily M. Jordan — primary (person)
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103846D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1095)
- **2025-01-15** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10** Passed House (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-11** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1095ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1095)
- **2025-02-11** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 560 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0560)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f97798b-da5b-4991-98d7-bf1e50e94c99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).