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type: "Bill"
title: "Child support; calculation of gross income for determination, rental income."
description: "Calculation of gross income for determination of child support; rental income. Provides that for the calculation of gross income for the purposes of determining child support, rental income shall be subject to the deduction of reasonable expenses. The bill further provides that the party claiming any such deduction has the burden of proof to establish such expenses by a preponderance of the evidence. This bill is in response to Ellis v. Sutton-Ellis, Va. App. No. 0710-20-1 (June 22, 2021)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 455"
citation: "Virginia SB 455 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca0b9133-c5fd-4c1c-880a-173ae1c9862c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB455"
source_hash: "4447c0ea46e05e9c1bad097c74fc7a86f1823808e739cab80d02ed31ce72988b"
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 455 (2022) — Child support; calculation of gross income for determination, rental income.
Calculation of gross income for determination of child support; rental income. Provides that for the calculation of gross income for the purposes of determining child support, rental income shall be subject to the deduction of reasonable expenses. The bill further provides that the party claiming any such deduction has the burden of proof to establish such expenses by a preponderance of the evidence. This bill is in response to Ellis v. Sutton-Ellis, Va. App. No. 0710-20-1 (June 22, 2021).
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0427** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0427)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101711D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB455)
3. **SB455ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB455ER)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101711D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-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`
- **2022-02-22** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-25** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2022-03-01** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-08** 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 427 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca0b9133-c5fd-4c1c-880a-173ae1c9862c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).