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type: "Bill"
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title: "Guardian ad litem; reimbursement for cost."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1343"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1343 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Minors", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-03-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8965e758-d68f-4686-971f-1e1929271b74"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1343"
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source_hash: "0d2fca2be08aed4c2741c4034349f81b984ae99b2a988caee4b8ba8d8295c6df"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1343 (2017) — Guardian ad litem; reimbursement for cost.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0676)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0676)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1343ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1343ER)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105120D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1343S1)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103338D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1343)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- House amendments agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
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- David W. Marsden (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103338D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-02** Incorporates SB1488 (Marsden)
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105120D-S1
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1343S1
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- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2017-02-22** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 676 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8965e758-d68f-4686-971f-1e1929271b74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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