republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1168.md

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Bill	'Abused or neglected child'; definition.	Definition of "abused or neglected child." Conforms the definition of "abused or neglected child" in Title 16.1 (Courts Not of Record) with the definition of the same term in Title63.2 (Welfare (Social Services)).	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1168	Virginia SB 1168 (2021)	bill		enacted	L. Louise Lucas	3	23	7	2021-01-08	2021-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/c76a6630-7bba-483b-b4b0-95ccd7452489	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1168	a173f8bfdd19fc220d1a824258761342c9b52661703ba690090ad0d67e2fb675	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1168 (2021) — 'Abused or neglected child'; definition.

Definition of "abused or neglected child." Conforms the definition of "abused or neglected child" in Title 16.1 (Courts Not of Record) with the definition of the same term in Title63.2 (Welfare (Social Services)).

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0310 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102450D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB1168ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
• Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102450D introduction
• 2021-01-08 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-01-18 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-20 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2021-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
• 2021-02-11 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2021-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-20 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-24 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
• 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, 2021
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 310 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c76a6630-7bba-483b-b4b0-95ccd7452489. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).