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type: "Bill"
title: "Child support; withholding from income of an independent contractor."
description: "Withholding of income for child support; independent contractors. Clarifies that income earned by an independent contractor may be withheld by court order for payment of child support obligations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 429"
citation: "Virginia SB 429 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fca37a33-2db3-49ea-ac42-876dbe7c4219"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB429"
source_hash: "f12b6f99a69b79b9010f2c3af4af2ef142481b08bcb1a45f135ae72385ccc4e4"
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 SB 429 (2020) — Child support; withholding from income of an independent contractor.
Withholding of income for child support; independent contractors. Clarifies that income earned by an independent contractor may be withheld by court order for payment of child support obligations.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0722)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0722)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB429ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB429ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB429E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB429E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB429)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB429)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) — **2713** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (62-Y 36-N) — **6136** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (10-Y 5-N) — **105** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) — **52** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 5-N) — **155** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100561D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- **2020-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB429)
- **2020-01-24** Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Reported from Judiciary with amendment (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-03** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB429E
- **2020-02-03** Printed as engrossed 20100561D-E
- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB429E)
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed House (62-Y 36-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (62-Y 36-N)
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB429ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 722 (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/fca37a33-2db3-49ea-ac42-876dbe7c4219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).