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Bill Adult adoption; investigation and report. Adult adoption; investigation and report.Removes the requirement that an investigation and report be conductedwhen a petition is filed for the adoption of a person 18 years ofage or older on the basis of good cause shown and after a showingthat the person to be adopted is at least 15 years younger than the petitioner and the petitioner and the person to be adopted have knowneach other for at least one year prior to the filing of the petitionfor adoption. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 1957 Virginia HB 1957 (2021)
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Virginia HB 1957 (2021) — Adult adoption; investigation and report.

Adult adoption; investigation and report.Removes the requirement that an investigation and report be conductedwhen a petition is filed for the adoption of a person 18 years ofage or older on the basis of good cause shown and after a showingthat the person to be adopted is at least 15 years younger than the petitioner and the petitioner and the person to be adopted have knowneach other for at least one year prior to the filing of the petitionfor adoption.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0202 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1957ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100326D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • G. "John" Avoli — primary (person)
  • Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
  • Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
  • Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100326D introduction
  • 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2021-01-15 Assigned HWI sub: Social Services referral-committee
  • 2021-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-26 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-26 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-01-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-01-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-01-29 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-19 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-23 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-23 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-26 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-02-27 Signed by President
  • 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
  • 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 202 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/edd5e6ef-2d8f-4747-8a25-ce71daceda63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).