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Bill	Guardian ad litem; reimbursement for cost.	Codifies the requirement that, for cases in which a guardian ad litem has been appointed to represent a child, a judge shall order a parent, or other party with a legitimate interest who has filed a petition in such case, to reimburse the Commonwealth for the costs of the guardian. The bill provides that if a party is unable to pay, the judge may reduce or eliminate the reimbursement. The bill further provides that the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall administer the guardian ad litem program and report semiannually to the money committees the amounts paid and the amounts reimbursed under the program. This bill incorporates	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1343	Virginia SB 1343 (2017)	bill	Courts Not of Record Minors Study Commissions Committees and Reports Welfare (Social Services)	enacted	Scott A. Surovell	4	22	8	2017-01-10	2017-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/8965e758-d68f-4686-971f-1e1929271b74	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1343	0d2fca2be08aed4c2741c4034349f81b984ae99b2a988caee4b8ba8d8295c6df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1343 (2017) — Guardian ad litem; reimbursement for cost.

Codifies the requirement that, for cases in which a guardian ad litem has been appointed to represent a child, a judge shall order a parent, or other party with a legitimate interest who has filed a petition in such case, to reimburse the Commonwealth for the costs of the guardian. The bill provides that if a party is unable to pay, the judge may reduce or eliminate the reimbursement. The bill further provides that the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall administer the guardian ad litem program and report semiannually to the money committees the amounts paid and the amounts reimbursed under the program. This bill incorporates

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0676) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1343ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105120D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103338D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• House amendments agreed to by Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
• David W. Marsden (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103338D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Incorporates SB1488 (Marsden)
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17105120D-S1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1343S1
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-22 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-02-22 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2017-02-22 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 676 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8965e758-d68f-4686-971f-1e1929271b74. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).