republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-398.md

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Bill	Protective orders; respondent to notify court of change of address.	Protective orders; respondent to notify court of change of address. Requires the respondent against whom a protective order has been issued to notify the court in writing within seven days of any change of residence while such order is in effect, provided that such order has been properly served upon the respondent. In a proceeding involving a preliminary protective order, the bill provides that the court may require the respondent to notify the court in writing within seven days of any change of residence while such preliminary protective order is in effect. The bill also provides that any failure of a respondent to make such required notification shall be punishable by contempt.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 398	Virginia SB 398 (2024)	bill		enacted	Russet Perry	4	31	7	2024-01-09	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/f2187bc7-0756-4c5f-8233-8a60d3484333	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB398	1f5224f72a6a051ba70822d43e066d1f949eb2f54d1db3d7281eac6b0c3e4294	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 398 (2024) — Protective orders; respondent to notify court of change of address.

Protective orders; respondent to notify court of change of address. Requires the respondent against whom a protective order has been issued to notify the court in writing within seven days of any change of residence while such order is in effect, provided that such order has been properly served upon the respondent. In a proceeding involving a preliminary protective order, the bill provides that the court may require the respondent to notify the court in writing within seven days of any change of residence while such preliminary protective order is in effect. The bill also provides that any failure of a respondent to make such required notification shall be punishable by contempt.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0594 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104772D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB398ER (committee substitute) — source
4. SB398S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Russet Perry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104772D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24107453D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Substitute bill reprinted 24107453D-S1
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24107453D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteSB398S1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-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 BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB398ER) passage
• 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 594 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0594)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2187bc7-0756-4c5f-8233-8a60d3484333. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).