republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1500.md

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Bill	Pendente lite spousal support; guidelines.	Pendente lite spousal support; guidelines.Makes current juvenile and domestic relations district court guidelinesfor the presumptive amount of temporary spousal support applicablein cases filed in circuit court. The bill also adjusts the guidelinesto account for changes to the federal tax code that became effectiveon January 1, 2019.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1500	Virginia HB 1500 (2020)	bill		enacted	Chris Collins-Resigned 6/28/20	3	20	6	2020-01-08	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/dfa760fc-c882-4c22-b447-b277531440d1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1500	c93515fd4e32f0ba5f3078fcd8b3d2fa468eca3a10a0779590e8b307bc3f7f1d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1500 (2020) — Pendente lite spousal support; guidelines.

Pendente lite spousal support; guidelines.Makes current juvenile and domestic relations district court guidelinesfor the presumptive amount of temporary spousal support applicablein cases filed in circuit court. The bill also adjusts the guidelinesto account for changes to the federal tax code that became effectiveon January 1, 2019.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0651) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1500ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1500ER) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Presented and ordered printed 20105197D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 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
• 2020-02-24 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-03 Enrolled
• 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-04 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 651 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dfa760fc-c882-4c22-b447-b277531440d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).