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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child support obligations; party's incarceration not deemed voluntary unemployment/underemployment."
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description: "Child support obligations; party's incarcerationnot deemed voluntary unemployment or underemployment. Providesthat a party's incarceration for 180 or more consecutive days shall not ordinarily be deemed voluntary unemployment or underemployment for the purposes of calculating child support and imputing incomefor such calculation. The bill further provides that a party's incarcerationfor 180 or more days shall be a material change of circumstancesupon which a modification of a child support order may be based."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2055"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2055 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Don L. Scott"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 56
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vote_count: 13
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b1d9467-2fcb-4d5a-8911-ac7cd833fe8e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2055"
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source_hash: "3ca2bf215eb5cfeab763d5be1c14f290671b7762a781de06156d80e00aa5dd41"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2055 (2021) — Child support obligations; party's incarceration not deemed voluntary unemployment/underemployment.
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Child support obligations; party's incarcerationnot deemed voluntary unemployment or underemployment. Providesthat a party's incarceration for 180 or more consecutive days shall not ordinarily be deemed voluntary unemployment or underemployment for the purposes of calculating child support and imputing incomefor such calculation. The bill further provides that a party's incarcerationfor 180 or more days shall be a material change of circumstancesupon which a modification of a child support order may be based.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0541** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0541)
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2. **HB2055ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2055ER)
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3. **HB2055ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2055ER2)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101869D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2055)
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## Votes
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Agreed To (56-Y 43-N) — **55–43** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (8-Y 6-N) — **8–6** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N) — **35–4** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 42-N) — **56–42** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N) — **57–42** (pass) · lower
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- Senate insisted on amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — **0–96** (fail) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Don L. Scott — primary (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
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- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101869D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB2055)
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- **2021-01-19** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2021-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-27** Read third time and passed House (58-Y 42-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-27** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N)
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- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-12** Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-17** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (8-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2021-02-22** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2021-02-22** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2021-02-22** Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-02-22** Passed by temporarily
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- **2021-02-22** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2021-02-22** Amendments by Senator Morrissey agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-02-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-23** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-23** Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
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- **2021-02-23** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
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- **2021-02-24** Senate insisted on amendments (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-24** Senate requested conference committee
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- **2021-02-25** House acceded to request
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- **2021-02-25** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2021-02-25** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2021-02-27** Amended by conference committee
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- **2021-02-27** Conference report agreed to by House (56-Y 43-N)
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- **2021-02-27** VOTE: Agreed To (56-Y 43-N)
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- **2021-02-27** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
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- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
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- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
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- **2021-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB2055ER)
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- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
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- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-31** Governor's recommendation received by House
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- **2021-04-07** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-04-07** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (57-Y 42-N)
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- **2021-04-07** VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 42-N)
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- **2021-04-07** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N)
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- **2021-04-07** Governor's recommendation adopted
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- **2021-04-07** Reenrolled
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- **2021-04-07** Reenrolled bill text (HB2055ER2)
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- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
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- **2021-04-07** Signed by President as reenrolled
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- **2021-04-07** Enacted, Chapter 541 (effective - see bill) `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b1d9467-2fcb-4d5a-8911-ac7cd833fe8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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