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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Domestic relations cases; invocation of constitutional rights, adverse inference.	Invocation of constitutional rights in domestic relations cases; adverse inference. Allows the trier of fact in a civil domestic relations proceeding to draw an adverse inference if a party or witness in such a proceeding refuses to answer a question regarding adultery on the grounds that such testimony might be self-incriminating.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 433	Virginia SB 433 (2020)	bill		enacted	Scott A. Surovell	5	42	11	2020-01-07	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/9c57b678-7c32-4482-ba75-782e5de2ccc6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB433	0d3e0b42e07b1461b7dc2a6e2614d50f66084f4cdc1c8959d43a2545f45b7283	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 433 (2020) — Domestic relations cases; invocation of constitutional rights, adverse inference.

Invocation of constitutional rights in domestic relations cases; adverse inference. Allows the trier of fact in a civil domestic relations proceeding to draw an adverse inference if a party or witness in such a proceeding refuses to answer a question regarding adultery on the grounds that such testimony might be self-incriminating.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1062) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB433ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB433H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB433S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB433S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute rejected by Senate (6-Y 34-N) — 6–34 (fail) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N) — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 5-N) — 8–5 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (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 20100956D 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
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute printed 20106931D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-10 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 20106931D-S1
• 2020-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB433S1
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-28 Committee substitute printed 20109024D-H1 substitution
• 2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20109024D-H1
• 2020-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB433H1
• 2020-03-04 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 House substitute rejected by Senate (6-Y 34-N)
• 2020-03-05 House insisted on substitute
• 2020-03-05 House requested conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 1-N)
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-08 Passed by temporarily
• 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1062 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9c57b678-7c32-4482-ba75-782e5de2ccc6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).