republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-326.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	Child abuse and neglect; venue may lie where alleged abuse or neglect occurred, etc.	Provides that, for cases in juvenile and domestic relations district court involving an allegedly abused or neglected child, venue may lie in the city or county where the alleged abuse or neglect occurred in addition to the city or county where the child resides or where the child is present when the proceedings are commenced.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 326	Virginia HB 326 (2018)	bill	Courts Not of Record Crimes and Offenses Generally Minors	enacted	Jeffrey L. Campbell	3	15	6	2018-01-04	2018-02-26	openstates	ocd-bill/47c06036-b4c6-40d1-aae9-0b30afd9e12f	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB326	514759ed4108afae8c7d99104bdcafc98ce1258d7671bee593aa2e9d405b1bfd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 326 (2018) — Child abuse and neglect; venue may lie where alleged abuse or neglect occurred, etc.

Provides that, for cases in juvenile and domestic relations district court involving an allegedly abused or neglected child, venue may lie in the city or county where the alleged abuse or neglect occurred in addition to the city or county where the child resides or where the child is present when the proceedings are commenced.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB326ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103258D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 18–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103258D introduction
• 2018-01-04 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 and engrossed reading-2
• 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 17 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47c06036-b4c6-40d1-aae9-0b30afd9e12f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).