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Bill Post-adoption contact & communication agreements; authority to enter into agreements. Provides that a local board of social services or child welfare agency required to file a petition for a permanency planning hearing may inform the birth parents and shall inform the adoptive parents that they may enter into enter into a post-adoption contact and communication agreement. The bill further provides that such local board of social services or child welfare agency shall inform the child if he is 14 years of age or older that he may consent to such an agreement. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 1728 Virginia HB 1728 (2019)
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5 17 6 2018-12-19 2019-02-21 openstates ocd-bill/21459ed8-5785-4a6a-9137-51753486d9f5 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1728 24e974ca664683a8aab2039d92b8d828f2cdcde3049a88d017986bb6e2ae8903 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Virginia HB 1728 (2019) — Post-adoption contact & communication agreements; authority to enter into agreements.

Provides that a local board of social services or child welfare agency required to file a petition for a permanency planning hearing may inform the birth parents and shall inform the adoptive parents that they may enter into enter into a post-adoption contact and communication agreement. The bill further provides that such local board of social services or child welfare agency shall inform the child if he is 14 years of age or older that he may consent to such an agreement. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0084) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1728ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105385D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103547D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 170 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 100 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • David A. Reid — primary (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-12-19 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103547D introduction
  • 2018-12-19 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2019-01-07 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2019-01-29 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-01-30 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 19105385D-H1
  • 2019-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1728H1
  • 2019-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-02-01 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2019-02-11 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-13 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-13 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-14 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
  • 2019-02-15 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
  • 2019-02-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21459ed8-5785-4a6a-9137-51753486d9f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).