republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-880.md

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Bill	Protective orders; motions to dissolve filed by petitioner, ex parte hearing and issuance of order.	Protective orders; motions to dissolve filed by petitioner; ex parte hearing and issuance of order. Provides that, upon motion by a petitioner to dissolve a protective order, a dissolution order may be issued on an ex parte basis with or without a hearing and that a hearing on such a motion shall be heard by the court as soon as practicable. The bill further provides that a dissolution order granted on an ex parte basis shall be served upon the respondent.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 880	Virginia HB 880 (2020)	bill		enacted	Shelly A. Simonds	4	24	6	2020-01-07	2020-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/8a15188a-f179-4228-9cde-20306581743f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB880	d1b565b1396cfd456def136a2fbe85b3a4f666535462e9aab4500585f7ffb5cb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 880 (2020) — Protective orders; motions to dissolve filed by petitioner, ex parte hearing and issuance of order.

Protective orders; motions to dissolve filed by petitioner; ex parte hearing and issuance of order. Provides that, upon motion by a petitioner to dissolve a protective order, a dissolution order may be issued on an ex parte basis with or without a hearing and that a hearing on such a motion shall be heard by the court as soon as practicable. The bill further provides that a dissolution order granted on an ex parte basis shall be served upon the respondent.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0137) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB880ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB880H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB880H1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 30–9 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Shelly A. Simonds — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104222D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-01-22 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-27 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Committee substitute printed 20106463D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 20106463D-H1
• 2020-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB880H1
• 2020-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-19 Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) passage
• 2020-02-21 Enrolled
• 2020-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-24 Signed by President
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2020
• 2020-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 4, 2020
• 2020-03-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 137 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a15188a-f179-4228-9cde-20306581743f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).