republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-262.md

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Bill	Protective orders; cases of family abuse, cellular telephone numbers or other electronic device.	Provides that as a condition to be imposed by the court on the respondent, a petitioner with a protective order issued in a case that alleges family abuse and, where appropriate, any other family or household member may be granted exclusive use and possession of a cellular telephone number or electronic device. The bill further provides that a respondent may be enjoined from terminating a cellular telephone number or electronic device before the expiration of the contract term with a third-party provider. The bill provides that the court may enjoin the respondent from using a cellular telephone or electronic device to locate the petitioner.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 262	Virginia HB 262 (2018)	bill	Courts Not of Record Criminal Procedure Domestic Relations Public Service Companies	enacted	Jason S. Miyares	4	17	6	2018-01-03	2018-02-26	openstates	ocd-bill/cdf368aa-0b88-4354-93e8-3c842fc5e8a4	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB262	441735ad83e0ceb1592080592160d7a11a434555be61b87b8c39194bcf6b4834	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 262 (2018) — Protective orders; cases of family abuse, cellular telephone numbers or other electronic device.

Provides that as a condition to be imposed by the court on the respondent, a petitioner with a protective order issued in a case that alleges family abuse and, where appropriate, any other family or household member may be granted exclusive use and possession of a cellular telephone number or electronic device. The bill further provides that a respondent may be enjoined from terminating a cellular telephone number or electronic device before the expiration of the contract term with a third-party provider. The bill provides that the court may enjoin the respondent from using a cellular telephone or electronic device to locate the petitioner.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0038) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB262ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 18105436D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102527D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 12–3 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 18–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jason S. Miyares — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102527D introduction
• 2018-01-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 18105436D-H1
• 2018-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB262H1
• 2018-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-16 Enrolled
• 2018-02-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-19 Signed by President
• 2018-02-19 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2018
• 2018-02-19 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 38 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cdf368aa-0b88-4354-93e8-3c842fc5e8a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).