republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-613.md

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Bill	Child and spousal support; access to case files.	Provides that all child support and spousal support case files shall be open to inspection only to the persons and agencies listed in the bill. The bill further provides that any other person, agency, or institution having a legitimate interest in such case files or the work of the court, by order of the court, may inspect the case files.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 613	Virginia HB 613 (2018)	bill	Courts Not of Record Domestic Relations Judges Justices and Other Elective Officers	enacted	Gregory D. Habeeb	4	23	7	2018-01-08	2018-02-26	openstates	ocd-bill/eab65102-f9ba-427a-a9dc-8877fafab6fe	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB613	4c1308ef033563c1487baef081a44550b77128641440cd4a43c4b40d85aecf84	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 613 (2018) — Child and spousal support; access to case files.

Provides that all child support and spousal support case files shall be open to inspection only to the persons and agencies listed in the bill. The bill further provides that any other person, agency, or institution having a legitimate interest in such case files or the work of the court, by order of the court, may inspect the case files.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB613ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101983D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 18101983D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendment agreed to by House — 90–5 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 18–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Gregory D. Habeeb — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101983D introduction
• 2018-01-08 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 amendment agreed to
• 2018-02-01 Engrossed by House as amended HB613E
• 2018-02-01 Printed as engrossed 18101983D-E
• 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
• 2018-02-14 Reading of amendment waived
• 2018-02-14 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2018-02-14 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2018-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-16 Senate amendment agreed to by House (90-Y 5-N 1-A)
• 2018-02-19 Enrolled
• 2018-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-21 Signed by President
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/22/18
• 2018-02-22 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 18 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eab65102-f9ba-427a-a9dc-8877fafab6fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).