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type: "Bill"
title: "'Abused or neglected child'; definition."
description: "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))."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1168"
citation: "Virginia SB 1168 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Louise Lucas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c76a6630-7bba-483b-b4b0-95ccd7452489"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1168"
source_hash: "a173f8bfdd19fc220d1a824258761342c9b52661703ba690090ad0d67e2fb675"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0310)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102450D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1168)
3. **SB1168ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1168ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c76a6630-7bba-483b-b4b0-95ccd7452489`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).