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type: "Bill"
title: "Transfer of venue; delinquency, adjudication."
description: ". Provides that a transfer of venue in delinquency proceedings, which under current law may occur only after adjudication, may occur when such adjudication consists of a finding of facts sufficient to justify a finding of delinquency. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 1201"
citation: "Virginia SB 1201 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts of Record"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-04"
last_action: "2019-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9586d986-124e-4924-a88f-f1ab9f3f0a55"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1201"
source_hash: "11fce1c69c921edea2a52bb9730453d5ef0f1b43c3626d2724e7480e97f132fb"
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 SB 1201 (2019) — Transfer of venue; delinquency, adjudication.
. Provides that a transfer of venue in delinquency proceedings, which under current law may occur only after adjudication, may occur when such adjudication consists of a finding of facts sufficient to justify a finding of delinquency. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts. 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 (CHAP0126)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0126)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1201ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1201ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101093D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1201)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **130** (pass) · upper
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **170** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101093D `introduction`
- **2019-01-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-02-12** Enrolled
- **2019-02-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-13** Signed by President
- **2019-02-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 14, 2019
- **2019-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 126 (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/9586d986-124e-4924-a88f-f1ab9f3f0a55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).