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Bill Support orders; retroactivity, arrearages, party's incarceration. Support orders; retroactivity; arrearages; party's incarceration. Makes various changes to provisions of law related to child and spousal support orders, including (i) providing that in cases in which jurisdiction over child support or spousal support has been divested from the juvenile and domestic relations district court and no final support order has been entered, any award for child support or spousal support in the circuit court shall be retroactive to the date on which the proceeding was commenced by the filing of the action in the juvenile and domestic relations district court and (ii) specifying that prejudgment interest on child support should be retroactive to the date of filing.The bill provides that a party's incarceration alone for 180 or more consecutive days shall not ordinarily be deemed voluntary unemployment or underemployment for the purposes of calculating child support and imputing income for such calculation. The bill further provides that a party's incarceration for 180 or more days shall be a material change of circumstances upon which a modification of a child support order may be based. The provisions of the bill related to imputation of income apply only to petitions for child support and petitions for a modification of a child support order commenced on or after July 1, 2022, and do not create a material change in circumstances for the purposes of modifying a child support order if a parent was incarcerated prior to July 1, 2022, and the incarcerated party cannot establish a material change in circumstances other than incarceration. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 348 Virginia SB 348 (2022)
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Virginia SB 348 (2022) — Support orders; retroactivity, arrearages, party's incarceration.

Support orders; retroactivity; arrearages; party's incarceration. Makes various changes to provisions of law related to child and spousal support orders, including (i) providing that in cases in which jurisdiction over child support or spousal support has been divested from the juvenile and domestic relations district court and no final support order has been entered, any award for child support or spousal support in the circuit court shall be retroactive to the date on which the proceeding was commenced by the filing of the action in the juvenile and domestic relations district court and (ii) specifying that prejudgment interest on child support should be retroactive to the date of filing.The bill provides that a party's incarceration alone for 180 or more consecutive days shall not ordinarily be deemed voluntary unemployment or underemployment for the purposes of calculating child support and imputing income for such calculation. The bill further provides that a party's incarceration for 180 or more days shall be a material change of circumstances upon which a modification of a child support order may be based. The provisions of the bill related to imputation of income apply only to petitions for child support and petitions for a modification of a child support order commenced on or after July 1, 2022, and do not create a material change in circumstances for the purposes of modifying a child support order if a parent was incarcerated prior to July 1, 2022, and the incarcerated party cannot establish a material change in circumstances other than incarceration.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0527 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101341D (committee substitute) — source
  3. Printed as engrossed 22101341D-E (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB348ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — 373 (pass) · upper
  • House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 039 (fail) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) — 53 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (73-Y 19-N) — 7318 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (74-Y 24-N) — 7423 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (13-Y 7-N) — 137 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Judiciary with amendment (11-Y 3-N 1-A) — 113 (pass) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101341D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2022-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB348)
  • 2022-02-07 Reported from Judiciary with amendment (11-Y 3-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-07 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2022-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-14 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2022-02-14 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2022-02-14 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB348E
  • 2022-02-14 Printed as engrossed 22101341D-E
  • 2022-02-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB348E)
  • 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2022-02-25 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2022-02-28 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
  • 2022-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (13-Y 7-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-07 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-07 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2022-03-07 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2022-03-07 Passed House with amendments (74-Y 24-N) passage
  • 2022-03-07 VOTE: Passage (74-Y 24-N)
  • 2022-03-08 House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
  • 2022-03-09 House insisted on amendments
  • 2022-03-09 House requested conference committee
  • 2022-03-10 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2022-03-12 Amended by conference committee
  • 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by House (73-Y 19-N)
  • 2022-03-12 VOTE: Adoption (73-Y 19-N)
  • 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-21 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB348ER)
  • 2022-03-21 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
  • 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
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 527 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9500d0ea-9316-48b1-baf7-77bee59ab4e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).