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| Bill | Guardianship; special education transition materials, etc. | Guardianship; supported decision making. Creates theSupported Decision-Making Act, which allows an adult with an intellectual ordevelopmental disability to enter into an agreement with another person, calleda "supporter," for the purposes of having the supporter assist theadult in making decisions to manage his affairs, giving adults who needassistance a less restrictive means of receiving such assistance than beingappointed a guardian or conservator by a court. The bill further requires a guardian ad litem in a proceedingfor the appointment of a guardian or conservator to consider whether a lessrestrictive alternative, including the use of an advance directive or durablepower of attorney, is available to provide assistance to the respondent, and itrequires the guardian ad litem to include in his report to the courtinformation as to whether a supported decision-making agreement is a viableoption in lieu of guardianship or conservatorship.The bill also provides that if the respondent to aguardianship or conservatorship petition is between 17 and a half and 21 yearsof age and has an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), the guardian ad litemappointed to represent the respondent shall review the IEP and include theresults of his review in the report required to be submitted to the court, andit requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to prepare transitionalmaterials, including information about supported decision-making agreements andguardianship to be provided to students and parents during the student's annualIEP meeting. The bill requires the court, upon appointment of a guardian orconservator, to inform such person of his duties and that the respondent shouldbe encouraged to participate in decisions, act on his own behalf, and developor maintain the capacity to manage his personal affairs if he retains anydecision-making rights. Finally, the bill sets out specific language to beincluded in all orders of appointment of a guardian.This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission onHealth Care. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 585 | Virginia SB 585 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 585 (2020) — Guardianship; special education transition materials, etc.
Guardianship; supported decision making. Creates theSupported Decision-Making Act, which allows an adult with an intellectual ordevelopmental disability to enter into an agreement with another person, calleda "supporter," for the purposes of having the supporter assist theadult in making decisions to manage his affairs, giving adults who needassistance a less restrictive means of receiving such assistance than beingappointed a guardian or conservator by a court. The bill further requires a guardian ad litem in a proceedingfor the appointment of a guardian or conservator to consider whether a lessrestrictive alternative, including the use of an advance directive or durablepower of attorney, is available to provide assistance to the respondent, and itrequires the guardian ad litem to include in his report to the courtinformation as to whether a supported decision-making agreement is a viableoption in lieu of guardianship or conservatorship.The bill also provides that if the respondent to aguardianship or conservatorship petition is between 17 and a half and 21 yearsof age and has an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), the guardian ad litemappointed to represent the respondent shall review the IEP and include theresults of his review in the report required to be submitted to the court, andit requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to prepare transitionalmaterials, including information about supported decision-making agreements andguardianship to be provided to students and parents during the student's annualIEP meeting. The bill requires the court, upon appointment of a guardian orconservator, to inform such person of his duties and that the respondent shouldbe encouraged to participate in decisions, act on his own behalf, and developor maintain the capacity to manage his personal affairs if he retains anydecision-making rights. Finally, the bill sets out specific language to beincluded in all orders of appointment of a guardian.This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission onHealth Care.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0855) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB585ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB585S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB585) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Referred from Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103126D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
referral-committee - 2020-01-17 Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (12-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-17 Rereferred to Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB585)
- 2020-02-05 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107621D-S1
substitution - 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-10 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107621D-S1
- 2020-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB585S1
- 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB585S1)
- 2020-02-14 Referred from Courts of Justice
- 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2020-02-17 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-25 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-28 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2020-02-28 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2020-02-28 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-02 House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-06 Enrolled
- 2020-03-06 Signed by President
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB585ER)
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 855 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/657233fd-6b09-44a7-8270-7c2345f5fd7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).