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| Bill | Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act; disclosure of identifying information. | Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and EnforcementAct; disclosure of identifying information; pleading or affidavit.Clarifies that a hearing and written finding of the issue of thedisclosure of certain identifying information of a child in a childcustody proceeding shall be held and made by the court within 15days of the filing of an affidavit that the health, safety, or libertyof a child would be jeopardized by disclosure of identifying information.Current law allows such filing to be made in the form of an affidavitor a pleading, but only applies the requirement that the court hearand decide the case within 15 days to pleadings. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 436 | Virginia HB 436 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 436 (2020) — Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act; disclosure of identifying information.
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and EnforcementAct; disclosure of identifying information; pleading or affidavit.Clarifies that a hearing and written finding of the issue of thedisclosure of certain identifying information of a child in a childcustody proceeding shall be held and made by the court within 15days of the filing of an affidavit that the health, safety, or libertyof a child would be jeopardized by disclosure of identifying information.Current law allows such filing to be made in the form of an affidavitor a pleading, but only applies the requirement that the court hearand decide the case within 15 days to pleadings.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0042) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB436ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB436) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (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
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Steve E. Heretick — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100186D
introduction - 2020-01-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-01-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB436)
- 2020-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 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 - 2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
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 (HB436ER)
- 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 42 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/208a20b1-fbef-413f-9dae-97a3dd376fc4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).