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type: "Bill"
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title: "Best interests of the child; history of child abuse and acts of violence, etc."
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description: "Best interests of the child; history of child abuse and acts of violence, force, or threat. Provides that any history of child abuse and acts of violence, force, or threat that occurred no earlier than 10 years prior to the filing of a petition for custody or visitation of a child shall be considered by a court in determining the best interests of a child. This bill is identical to HB 861."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 105"
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citation: "Virginia SB 105 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2019-12-08"
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last_action: "2020-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b1f5a29-423a-4df2-b0fe-a8cd68655603"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB105"
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source_hash: "eef7b8bfb10767c270ae24c4b810aee3186b2522be35f55798baf7e2d4e3b89d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 105 (2020) — Best interests of the child; history of child abuse and acts of violence, etc.
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Best interests of the child; history of child abuse and acts of violence, force, or threat. Provides that any history of child abuse and acts of violence, force, or threat that occurred no earlier than 10 years prior to the filing of a petition for custody or visitation of a child shall be considered by a court in determining the best interests of a child. This bill is identical to HB 861.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1075)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1075)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB105ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB105ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB105H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB105H1)
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4. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB105E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB105E)
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5. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB105E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB105)
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6. **SB105S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB105S1)
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## Votes
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute rejected by Senate (5-Y 34-N) — **5–34** (fail) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102015D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-08** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
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- **2020-01-27** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-29** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-01-29** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-01-29** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB105E
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- **2020-01-29** Printed as engrossed 20102015D-E
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- **2020-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Committee substitute printed 20108233D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute agreed to 20108233D-H1
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- **2020-02-19** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB105H1
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- **2020-02-19** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-19** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** House substitute rejected by Senate (5-Y 34-N)
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- **2020-02-24** House insisted on substitute
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- **2020-02-24** House requested conference committee
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- **2020-02-26** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-26** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2020-02-27** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2020-03-05** Amended by conference committee
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- **2020-03-05** Conference substitute printed 20109727D-S1
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- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-18** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
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- **2020-03-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1075 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b1f5a29-423a-4df2-b0fe-a8cd68655603`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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