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type: "Bill"
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title: "Parental rights; restoration of rights to child's parent or parents."
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description: "Provides that, at certain foster care review hearings, the court shall inquire of the child's guardian ad litem and the local board of social services whether the child has expressed a preference that the possibility of restoring the parental rights of his parent or parents be investigated. The bill further provides that, if the child expresses or has expressed such a preference, the court shall direct the local board of social services or the child's guardian ad litem to conduct an investigation of the parent or parents. The bill provides that if, following such investigation, the local board of social services or guardian ad litem deems it appropriate to do so, either may file a petition for the restoration of parental rights."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 1219"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1219 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Minors", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-10"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e9298e9-298f-46fa-aaad-e6f9bd9a5a94"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1219"
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source_hash: "02a936536ecb6e10227b59ed18c7ca6a4be622d29c116cfddb7d236f9ab5ff59"
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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 HB 1219 (2018) — Parental rights; restoration of rights to child's parent or parents.
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Provides that, at certain foster care review hearings, the court shall inquire of the child's guardian ad litem and the local board of social services whether the child has expressed a preference that the possibility of restoring the parental rights of his parent or parents be investigated. The bill further provides that, if the child expresses or has expressed such a preference, the court shall direct the local board of social services or the child's guardian ad litem to conduct an investigation of the parent or parents. The bill provides that if, following such investigation, the local board of social services or guardian ad litem deems it appropriate to do so, either may file a petition for the restoration of parental rights.
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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. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1219ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1219ER)
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2. **House: Committee substitute printed 18105717D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1219H1)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102215D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1219)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- David A. Reid — primary (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102215D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-18** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 18105717D-H1
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- **2018-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1219H1
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- **2018-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 104 (effective 7/1/18) `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/1e9298e9-298f-46fa-aaad-e6f9bd9a5a94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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