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type: "Bill"
title: "Removal of a child; names and contact information of relatives or other interested individuals."
description: "Provides that, in any proceeding in which a child is removed from his home, the court may order the parents or guardians of such child to provide the names and contact information for all persons with a legitimate interest to the local department of social services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2622"
citation: "Virginia HB 2622 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/264b4612-2aab-4d79-bad6-3b86952d30b2"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2622"
source_hash: "4b84c399414d59c758a9cb45639aac70765d18e9f62200fdf29c3b72e96178d1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2622 (2019) — Removal of a child; names and contact information of relatives or other interested individuals.
Provides that, in any proceeding in which a child is removed from his home, the court may order the parents or guardians of such child to provide the names and contact information for all persons with a legitimate interest to the local department of social services.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0434)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0434)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2622)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2622ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2622ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105454D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2622H1)
5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19103892D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2622)
6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2622ASE)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendment — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **170** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment rejected by House — **198** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **80** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment rejected by House — **296** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment — **400** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by House — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **141** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-09** Presented and ordered printed 19103892D `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** 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 19105454D-H1
- **2019-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2622H1
- **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`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Reading of amendment waived
- **2019-02-18** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-02-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-19** Senate amendment rejected by House (1-Y 98-N)
- **2019-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate amendment rejected by House
- **2019-02-19** Senate amendment rejected by House (2-Y 96-N)
- **2019-02-20** Senate requested conference committee
- **2019-02-21** House acceded to request
- **2019-02-21** Conferees appointed by House
- **2019-02-21** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2019-02-22** Amended by conference committee
- **2019-02-23** Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
- **2019-03-07** Enrolled
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-09** Signed by President
- **2019-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- **2019-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 434 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/264b4612-2aab-4d79-bad6-3b86952d30b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).