republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-291.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court-appointed guardians; training, powers and duties."
description: "Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services;training; powers and duties of guardian; annual reports by guardians;information required. Directs the Department for Aging and RehabilitativeServices to develop and provide training for court-appointed guardiansby July 1, 2025. The bill requires a court-appointed guardian andany skilled professional retained by such guardian to perform guardianshipduties to complete the initial training developed by the Departmentwithin four months after the date of qualification of such guardian.Under the bill, guardians appointed prior to July 1, 2025, must completesuch training by January 1, 2027. The bill further requires a guardianto include in his annual report to the local department of social services a statement as to whether such training has been completed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "Virginia SB 291 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danica A. Roem"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e8b7800-d316-4b12-9eba-fcda334ddc6a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB291"
source_hash: "4f42df99c13c641eb1fdbc50b47e6317b00f8738a75bd66c482e937dc8bce5c4"
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 291 (2024) — Court-appointed guardians; training, powers and duties.

Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services;training; powers and duties of guardian; annual reports by guardians;information required. Directs the Department for Aging and RehabilitativeServices to develop and provide training for court-appointed guardiansby July 1, 2025. The bill requires a court-appointed guardian andany skilled professional retained by such guardian to perform guardianshipduties to complete the initial training developed by the Departmentwithin four months after the date of qualification of such guardian.Under the bill, guardians appointed prior to July 1, 2025, must completesuch training by January 1, 2027. The bill further requires a guardianto include in his annual report to the local department of social services a statement as to whether such training has been completed.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0587** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0587)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104701D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB291)
3. **SB291ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB291ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Danica A. Roem — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104701D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB291)
- **2024-01-19** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB291ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB291ER)
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 587 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0587)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e8b7800-d316-4b12-9eba-fcda334ddc6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).