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type: "Bill"
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title: "Special immigrant juvenile status; jurisdiction."
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description: "Special immigrant juvenile status; jurisdiction. Permits the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court to retain jurisdiction in cases where a child has petitioned the court to makefindings of fact that would allow the child to apply for or receivea state or federal benefit until such child reaches 21 years of agefor the purpose of entering findings of fact or amending past orders,to include findings of fact necessary for the person to petitionthe federal government for status as a special immigrant juvenile."
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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: "SB 1181"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1181 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-08"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ae50aa6-451b-491f-af34-c4a6470986e1"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1181"
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source_hash: "e67449d171d415af83fe4063a5c3943b0b998b715307727fae73ef43792cecb9"
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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 SB 1181 (2021) — Special immigrant juvenile status; jurisdiction.
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Special immigrant juvenile status; jurisdiction. Permits the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court to retain jurisdiction in cases where a child has petitioned the court to makefindings of fact that would allow the child to apply for or receivea state or federal benefit until such child reaches 21 years of agefor the purpose of entering findings of fact or amending past orders,to include findings of fact necessary for the person to petitionthe federal government for status as a special immigrant juvenile.
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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. **CHAP0286** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0286)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102430D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1181)
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3. **SB1181ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1181ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (64-Y 35-N) — **63–35** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) — **22–17** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102430D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-08** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-21** Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
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- **2021-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB1181)
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- **2021-02-16** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2021-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-24** Passed House (64-Y 35-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-24** VOTE: Passage (64-Y 35-N)
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- **2021-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1181ER)
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 286 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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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/7ae50aa6-451b-491f-af34-c4a6470986e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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