republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-436.md

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Bill	Advance directive; revocation of directive upon filing of divorce or annulment of marriage, etc.	Revocation of advance directive; divorce or annulment; custody or visitation. Provides that the authority of an agent to make health care decisions pursuant to an advance directive shall be revoked upon the filing of either (i) an action for the divorce or annulment of the marriage between the declarant of such advance directive and the agent or (ii) a petition for custody or visitation of a child or children born of such declarant and such agent. The provisions of the bill apply to advance directives executed on or after July 1, 2024.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 436	Virginia HB 436 (2024)	bill		enacted	Jonathan "Jed" Arnold	4	29	7	2024-01-08	2024-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/7ea2a87a-9bfd-4ee4-a045-2a9b3af061e3	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB436	382f9c7d9f97bf399d3049b257a12e09091681609891c74352a3431e3e6ae487	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 436 (2024) — Advance directive; revocation of directive upon filing of divorce or annulment of marriage, etc.

Revocation of advance directive; divorce or annulment; custody or visitation. Provides that the authority of an agent to make health care decisions pursuant to an advance directive shall be revoked upon the filing of either (i) an action for the divorce or annulment of the marriage between the declarant of such advance directive and the agent or (ii) a petition for custody or visitation of a child or children born of such declarant and such agent. The provisions of the bill apply to advance directives executed on or after July 1, 2024.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0081 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107751D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB436ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101628D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jonathan "Jed" Arnold — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101628D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-26 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-31 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-14 Committee substitute printed 24107751D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 24107751D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB436S1 substitution
• 2024-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107751D-S1 (99-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB436ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 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
• 2024-03-14 Approved by Governor-Chapter 81 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-14 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0081)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ea2a87a-9bfd-4ee4-a045-2a9b3af061e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).