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| Bill | Guardianship and conservatorship; duties of the guardian ad litem, report contents. | Guardianship and conservatorship; duties ofthe guardian ad litem; report contents. Adds to the duty of aguardian ad litem appointed to represent the interests of a respondentin a guardianship or conservatorship case the requirement to recommendthat counsel be appointed to represent such respondent upon the respondent'srequest. Under current law, the guardian ad litem is required torecommend counsel be appointed only when he believes appointmentis necessary. The bill further directs the guardian ad litem to includein his report to the court an explanation by the guardian ad litemas to any (i) decision not to recommend the appointment of counselfor the respondent, (ii) determination that a less restrictive alternative to guardianship or conservatorship is not available, and (iii) determinationthat appointment of a limited guardian or conservator is not appropriate. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 623 | Virginia HB 623 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 623 (2022) — Guardianship and conservatorship; duties of the guardian ad litem, report contents.
Guardianship and conservatorship; duties ofthe guardian ad litem; report contents. Adds to the duty of aguardian ad litem appointed to represent the interests of a respondentin a guardianship or conservatorship case the requirement to recommendthat counsel be appointed to represent such respondent upon the respondent'srequest. Under current law, the guardian ad litem is required torecommend counsel be appointed only when he believes appointmentis necessary. The bill further directs the guardian ad litem to includein his report to the court an explanation by the guardian ad litemas to any (i) decision not to recommend the appointment of counselfor the respondent, (ii) determination that a less restrictive alternative to guardianship or conservatorship is not available, and (iii) determinationthat appointment of a limited guardian or conservator is not appropriate.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0243 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22105239D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB623ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101866D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Sally L. Hudson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101866D
introduction - 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2022-01-25 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2022-01-31 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-07 Committee substitute printed 22105239D-H1
substitution - 2022-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 22105239D-H1
- 2022-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB623H1
- 2022-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-11 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-14 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2022-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB623H1)
- 2022-02-28 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-02 Passed by temporarily
- 2022-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-07 Enrolled
- 2022-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB623ER)
- 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-08 Signed by President
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 243 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38930cc2-3979-4180-aa93-41c82b052031. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).