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type: "Bill"
title: "Protective orders; motions to dissolve filed by petitioner, ex parte hearing and issuance of order."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 880"
citation: "Virginia HB 880 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelly A. Simonds"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a15188a-f179-4228-9cde-20306581743f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB880"
source_hash: "d1b565b1396cfd456def136a2fbe85b3a4f666535462e9aab4500585f7ffb5cb"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0137)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB880ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB880ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB880H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB880)
4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB880H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB880H1)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 2-N) — **132** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — **309** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a15188a-f179-4228-9cde-20306581743f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).