republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-432.md

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Bill	Spousal support; reservation of right to seek, material change of circumstances.	Spousal support; reservation of right to seek;material change of circumstances. Provides that, unless otherwiseprovided by stipulation or contract, or unless otherwise orderedby the court, a party seeking to exercise his reserved right to spousalsupport shall be required to prove that a material change of circumstanceshas occurred as a prerequisite for the court to consider exerciseof such reservation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 432	Virginia SB 432 (2020)	bill		enacted	Scott A. Surovell	3	23	6	2020-01-07	2020-03-06	openstates	ocd-bill/37c1229a-6d2f-46d6-9225-419d094d1dcf	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB432	090fe1cebd38bc6f8158b4fe6f46d102854bd07985f04bbb7f373ade2aca4e05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 432 (2020) — Spousal support; reservation of right to seek, material change of circumstances.

Spousal support; reservation of right to seek;material change of circumstances. Provides that, unless otherwiseprovided by stipulation or contract, or unless otherwise orderedby the court, a party seeking to exercise his reserved right to spousalsupport shall be required to prove that a material change of circumstanceshas occurred as a prerequisite for the court to consider exerciseof such reservation.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0196) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB432ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB432ER) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 2-N) — 12–2 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (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 20100439D 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
• 2020-01-27 Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-29 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-30 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-19 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Enrolled
• 2020-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-02-25 Signed by President
• 2020-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
• 2020-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
• 2020-03-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 196 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37c1229a-6d2f-46d6-9225-419d094d1dcf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).