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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child abuse and neglect; venue may lie where alleged abuse or neglect occurred, etc."
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description: "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."
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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 326"
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citation: "Virginia HB 326 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Minors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-04"
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last_action: "2018-02-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47c06036-b4c6-40d1-aae9-0b30afd9e12f"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB326"
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source_hash: "514759ed4108afae8c7d99104bdcafc98ce1258d7671bee593aa2e9d405b1bfd"
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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 326 (2018) — Child abuse and neglect; venue may lie where alleged abuse or neglect occurred, etc.
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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.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0017)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB326ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB326ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103258D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB326)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103258D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-16** 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 and engrossed `reading-2`
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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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- **2018-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-16** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-16** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-19** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2018
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- **2018-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 17 (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/47c06036-b4c6-40d1-aae9-0b30afd9e12f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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