republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2192.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Support orders; contents of orders, change in employment status, unemployment benefits."
description: "Domestic relations; contents of support orders; unemployment benefits. Requires support orders to contain a provision requiring an obligor to keep the Department of Social Services or a court informed of, in addition to the name, address, and telephone number of his current employer, any change to his employment status and if he has filed a claim for or is receiving unemployment benefits. The bill further requires that the provision shall further specify that any such change or filing be communicated to the Department of Social Services or the court in writing within 30 days of such change or filing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2192"
citation: "Virginia HB 2192 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/422e5f92-9ecb-4d75-b1c0-75de36bf4196"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2192"
source_hash: "cf472d3a9761bfff6a566ee221335abb4df7b7bde6d48e52d6f35f965595700c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2192 (2021) — Support orders; contents of orders, change in employment status, unemployment benefits.

Domestic relations; contents of support orders; unemployment benefits. Requires support orders to contain a provision requiring an obligor to keep the Department of Social Services or a court informed of, in addition to the name, address, and telephone number of his current employer, any change to his employment status and if he has filed a claim for or is receiving unemployment benefits. The bill further requires that the provision shall further specify that any such change or filing be communicated to the Department of Social Services or the court in writing within 30 days of such change or filing.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0222** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0222)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103496D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2192H1)
3. **HB2192ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2192ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100864D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2192)

## Votes

- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100864D `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2192)
- **2021-01-19** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-22** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-22** Committee substitute printed 21103496D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 21103496D-H1
- **2021-01-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2192H1
- **2021-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB2192H1)
- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2192ER)
- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 222 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/422e5f92-9ecb-4d75-b1c0-75de36bf4196`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).