---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family abuse protective orders; conditions imposed upon issuance."
description: "Family abuse protective orders; other relief. Provides that in cases of family abuse where the court orders a permanent protective order, the court may require a respondent to pay or to contribute to the payment of rent or mortgage on a residence to which a petitioner was granted possession pursuant to such protective order and may further require that a respondent maintain suitable alternative housing and utility services to a residence to which a petitioner was granted possession."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1363"
citation: "Virginia HB 1363 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lindsey Dougherty"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-20"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34487055-bae9-48c4-893a-9530289b9430"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1363"
source_hash: "ec4611983a2f2bf01cebc83a256a89d53512acc49e5ad6d7c2a6617ea3ec2da3"
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 1363 (2026) — Family abuse protective orders; conditions imposed upon issuance.

Family abuse protective orders; other relief. Provides that in cases of family abuse where the court orders a permanent protective order, the court may require a respondent to pay or to contribute to the payment of rent or mortgage on a residence to which a petitioner was granted possession pursuant to such protective order and may further require that a respondent maintain suitable alternative housing and utility services to a residence to which a petitioner was granted possession.

## 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/1091427.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218078.PDF)
3. **Civil Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135361.PDF)
4. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196846.HTML)
5. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1142372.PDF)
6. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1204061.HTML)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212479.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **86–10** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **92–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lindsey Dougherty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 26103623D `introduction`
- **2026-01-20** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1363)
- **2026-02-05** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-08** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-09** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute printed 26107550D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 10-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-06** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 2-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Senate amendment agreed to by House (92-Y 6-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1363ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 468 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34487055-bae9-48c4-893a-9530289b9430`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).