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type: "Bill"
title: "Guardianship and conservatorship; restoration or modification or termination of order."
description: "Guardianship and conservatorship; restorationof capacity or modification or termination of order; informal communication.Allows a person subject to a guardianship or conservatorship whois not represented by counsel to initiate the process to be restoredto capacity or have such guardianship or conservatorship modifiedor terminated by informal communication to the court by any means,including by informal letter, telephone call, email, or in-personvisit, in lieu of the petition requirement specified under currentlaw."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 786"
citation: "Virginia HB 786 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8334d43e-16a5-4ade-80a9-7465c9d558da"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB786"
source_hash: "81b673ea01731ec654996d7acb1135bb1b4c2567a9f9250cb22a1e21cd3a1908"
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 HB 786 (2024) — Guardianship and conservatorship; restoration or modification or termination of order.
Guardianship and conservatorship; restorationof capacity or modification or termination of order; informal communication.Allows a person subject to a guardianship or conservatorship whois not represented by counsel to initiate the process to be restoredto capacity or have such guardianship or conservatorship modifiedor terminated by informal communication to the court by any means,including by informal letter, telephone call, email, or in-personvisit, in lieu of the petition requirement specified under currentlaw.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0820** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0820)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106747D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB786H1)
3. **HB786ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB786ER)
4. **HB786ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB786ER2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104780D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB786)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104780D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-02** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-02** Committee substitute printed 24106747D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 24106747D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB786H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB786ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** 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`
- **2024-04-08** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- **2024-04-17** BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (HB786ER2) `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 820 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0820)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8334d43e-16a5-4ade-80a9-7465c9d558da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).