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| Bill | Minor witnesses; appointment of guardian ad litem in circuit court. | Minor witnesses; appointment of guardian ad litem in circuit court. Authorizes a circuit court to appoint a discreet and competent attorney-at-law as guardian ad litem for a minor witness called to testify in a matter before the circuit court involving certain sex offenses. Under current law, a general district court may appoint a guardian ad litem for a minor witness called to testify in any proceeding and the circuit court may continue the appointment or appoint a new guardian ad litem for such matter on appeal. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 1277 | Virginia SB 1277 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 1277 (2025) — Minor witnesses; appointment of guardian ad litem in circuit court.
Minor witnesses; appointment of guardian ad litem in circuit court. Authorizes a circuit court to appoint a discreet and competent attorney-at-law as guardian ad litem for a minor witness called to testify in a matter before the circuit court involving certain sex offenses. Under current law, a general district court may appoint a guardian ad litem for a minor witness called to testify in any proceeding and the circuit court may continue the appointment or appoint a new guardian ad litem for such matter on appeal.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Russet Perry — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100512D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1277)
- 2025-01-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-30 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2025-01-30 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-31 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-31 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-02-06 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2025-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-13 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-13 Passed House (96-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-18 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1277ER)
passage - 2025-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1277)
- 2025-02-18 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-20 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 334 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0334)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e78b3328-8b2f-4fe4-9a12-c95917c65875. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).