republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-137.md

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Bill	Guardian ad litem for children; certification of compliance with certain standards.	Guardians ad litem for children; certification of compliance with certain standards. Requires guardians ad litem appointed to represent a child in a matter to conduct an investigation in compliance with certain standards. The bill requires a guardian ad litem to file with the court, along with any attorney representing a party or party proceeding pro se, a certification of the guardian ad litem's compliance with such standards, specifically addressing such standards requiring face-to-face contact with the child. The bill further requires the guardian ad litem to document the hours spent satisfying such face-to-face contact requirements and specifies that compensation for such contact shall be at the same rate as that for in-court service.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 137	Virginia HB 137 (2020)	bill		enacted	Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20	4	26	6	2019-12-18	2020-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/b739fb27-b770-4426-b4ee-7b7d1ad79613	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB137	3065f40da94cb59282905162a50f6b1db5bcdff139e9fa5264f4717d9851f245	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 137 (2020) — Guardian ad litem for children; certification of compliance with certain standards.

Guardians ad litem for children; certification of compliance with certain standards. Requires guardians ad litem appointed to represent a child in a matter to conduct an investigation in compliance with certain standards. The bill requires a guardian ad litem to file with the court, along with any attorney representing a party or party proceeding pro se, a certification of the guardian ad litem's compliance with such standards, specifically addressing such standards requiring face-to-face contact with the child. The bill further requires the guardian ad litem to document the hours spent satisfying such face-to-face contact requirements and specifies that compensation for such contact shall be at the same rate as that for in-court service.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB137ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB137H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB137) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20 — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102539D introduction
• 2019-12-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB137)
• 2020-01-22 Committee substitute printed 20106038D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20106038D-H1
• 2020-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB137H1
• 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-28 VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-29 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB137H1)
• 2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 Enrolled
• 2020-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB137ER)
• 2020-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-20 Signed by President
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2020
• 2020-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 2, 2020
• 2020-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 21 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b739fb27-b770-4426-b4ee-7b7d1ad79613. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).