republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-289.md

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Bill	Divorce proceedings; transfer of case for modification.	Provides that after the entry of a decree of divorce a vinculo matrimonii the circuit court shall not (i) transfer a case for modification to the juvenile and domestic relations district court in the absence of a motion by either party or (ii) require a provision for transfer of matters for modification to the juvenile and domestic relations district court as a condition of entry of a decree of divorce a vinculo matrimonii. The bill modifies the provision allowing transfer of any matters covered by the divorce decree to a juvenile and domestic relations district court to add transfer to any circuit court that constitutes a more appropriate forum.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 289	Virginia HB 289 (2018)	bill		enacted	Christopher E. Collins	3	17	6	2018-01-03	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/d568259f-51d1-4543-acdf-a3101b3a9245	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB289	6edf07d2581583c7feefc8229bca86f442de654d1ccca558c672d2baf1a7bb74	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 289 (2018) — Divorce proceedings; transfer of case for modification.

Provides that after the entry of a decree of divorce a vinculo matrimonii the circuit court shall not (i) transfer a case for modification to the juvenile and domestic relations district court in the absence of a motion by either party or (ii) require a provision for transfer of matters for modification to the juvenile and domestic relations district court as a condition of entry of a decree of divorce a vinculo matrimonii. The bill modifies the provision allowing transfer of any matters covered by the divorce decree to a juvenile and domestic relations district court to add transfer to any circuit court that constitutes a more appropriate forum.

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB289ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 18105772D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103659D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 18–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–1 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103659D introduction
• 2018-01-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 18105772D-H1
• 2018-02-08 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB289H1
• 2018-02-09 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y -0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled
• 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-28 Signed by President
• 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
• 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 254 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d568259f-51d1-4543-acdf-a3101b3a9245. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).