republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1184.md

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Bill	Standby guardianship; triggering event.	Standby guardianship; triggering event. Allows a parent who has reason to anticipate his possible detention, incarceration, or deportation connected to an immigration action to petition the court for approval of a standby guardian for the parent's minor child.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1184	Virginia SB 1184 (2021)	bill		enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	4	31	7	2021-01-11	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/1a586e5e-6dda-4ee4-8ec4-a7f6b50f58f2	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1184	7c94ef3ff7addff01ea828faaddaa69012cf9fd443f88c4445f2dd54290b3a31	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1184 (2021) — Standby guardianship; triggering event.

Standby guardianship; triggering event. Allows a parent who has reason to anticipate his possible detention, incarceration, or deportation connected to an immigration action to petition the court for approval of a standby guardian for the parent's minor child.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0241 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103377D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100004D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1184ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
• Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100004D introduction
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB1184)
• 2021-01-27 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-27 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-27 Committee substitute printed 21103377D-S1 substitution
• 2021-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-01 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 21103377D-S1
• 2021-02-01 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1184S1
• 2021-02-02 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
• 2021-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB1184S1)
• 2021-02-11 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2021-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-17 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-22 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-22 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-24 Enrolled
• 2021-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB1184ER)
• 2021-02-24 Signed by President
• 2021-02-25 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 241 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a586e5e-6dda-4ee4-8ec4-a7f6b50f58f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).