republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-172.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Family or household member; clarifies definition, penalty.	Family or household member; definition; penalty. Adds to the definition of family or household member, for the purposes of definitions relating to juvenile and domestic relations district courts and multiple criminal and procedural statutes, an individual who is a legal custodian of a juvenile.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 172	Virginia HB 172 (2024)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	3	28	7	2024-01-02	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/dfaec169-57a3-44d5-a77f-1aee4f9ad1de	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB172	8c837e73db749ed3d1507ac320dc232da105382f9fa1e35c860097caafbdd641	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 172 (2024) — Family or household member; clarifies definition, penalty.

Family or household member; definition; penalty. Adds to the definition of family or household member, for the purposes of definitions relating to juvenile and domestic relations district courts and multiple criminal and procedural statutes, an individual who is a legal custodian of a juvenile.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0273 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB172ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100843D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100843D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-04 Impact statement from VCSC (HB172)
• 2024-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB172)
• 2024-01-31 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB172ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB172ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 273 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0273)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dfaec169-57a3-44d5-a77f-1aee4f9ad1de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).