republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-241.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Adoption; lowers amount of time child must reside with close relative.	Lowers from three years to two years the amount of time a child must have continuously resided with or been under the physical custody of the prospective close relative adoptive parent in order for the adoption proceeding to commence in circuit court and be exempt from the parental placement provisions.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 241	Virginia HB 241 (2018)	bill	Minors Welfare (Social Services)	enacted	Emily M. Brewer	3	14	5	2018-01-02	2018-02-19	openstates	ocd-bill/cf675a24-c314-434d-83e1-70979c2f0a07	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB241	35d26eea25ca704d557b7b72e3c94213f040bb5915ef247511251b381d41e07d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 241 (2018) — Adoption; lowers amount of time child must reside with close relative.

Lowers from three years to two years the amount of time a child must have continuously resided with or been under the physical custody of the prospective close relative adoptive parent in order for the adoption proceeding to commence in circuit court and be exempt from the parental placement provisions.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB241ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103409D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 98–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Emily M. Brewer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103409D introduction
• 2018-01-02 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2018-01-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-23 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-01-24 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-01-25 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2018-02-06 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-07 Enrolled
• 2018-02-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-09 Signed by President
• 2018-02-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 02/12/18
• 2018-02-12 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 19, 2018
• 2018-02-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf675a24-c314-434d-83e1-70979c2f0a07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).