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Bill Custody and visitation orders; use of term parenting time. Provides that the court, in its discretion and as to a parent, may use the phrase "parenting time" to be synonymous with the term "visitation" in a custody or visitation order. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 1456 Virginia HB 1456 (2017)
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Virginia HB 1456 (2017) — Custody and visitation orders; use of term parenting time.

Provides that the court, in its discretion and as to a parent, may use the phrase "parenting time" to be synonymous with the term "visitation" in a custody or visitation order.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1456ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104323D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100855D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate — 372 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 210 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 101 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 100 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • David B. Albo — primary (person)
  • T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2016-12-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100855D introduction
  • 2016-12-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
  • 2017-01-24 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-25 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-01-25 Committee substitute agreed to 17104323D-H1
  • 2017-01-25 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1456H1
  • 2017-01-26 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-01-27 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-02-08 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-10 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-10 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-13 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
  • 2017-02-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
  • 2017-02-17 Approved by Governor-Chapter 46 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/976a3616-83e5-451e-9398-92e606987761. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).