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| Bill | Children; petitions for relief of care & custody, investigation by local dept. of social services. | Petitions for relief of care and custody of a child; investigation by local department of social services; Office of the Children's Ombudsman work group; report. Requires a local department of social services, as a part of its investigation after the referral of a request for a petition for relief of the care and custody of a child, to (i) refer the parent to the local family assessment and planning team and (ii) create a written report. The bill directs the Department of Social Services, in coordination with the Virginia League of Social Services Executives, to create a template for and provide guidance on what should be included in such written report.The bill also directs the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to convene a work group composed of relevant stakeholders to (a) determine the factors a court should consider when determining whether there is good cause shown for a petitioner's desire to be relieved of the care and custody of a child and (b) explore the potential benefits and considerations of raising the standard of evidence for granting temporary relief of custody from the current standard of preponderance of the evidence to clear and convincing evidence. The bill directs the work group to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice and the Virginia Commission on Youth by November 1, 2025. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth. This bill is identical to HB 1733. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 1372 | Virginia SB 1372 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 1372 (2025) — Children; petitions for relief of care & custody, investigation by local dept. of social services.
Petitions for relief of care and custody of a child; investigation by local department of social services; Office of the Children's Ombudsman work group; report. Requires a local department of social services, as a part of its investigation after the referral of a request for a petition for relief of the care and custody of a child, to (i) refer the parent to the local family assessment and planning team and (ii) create a written report. The bill directs the Department of Social Services, in coordination with the Virginia League of Social Services Executives, to create a template for and provide guidance on what should be included in such written report.The bill also directs the Office of the Children's Ombudsman to convene a work group composed of relevant stakeholders to (a) determine the factors a court should consider when determining whether there is good cause shown for a petitioner's desire to be relieved of the care and custody of a child and (b) explore the potential benefits and considerations of raising the standard of evidence for granting temporary relief of custody from the current standard of preponderance of the evidence to clear and convincing evidence. The bill directs the work group to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees for Courts of Justice and the Virginia Commission on Youth by November 1, 2025. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth. This bill is identical to HB 1733.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Rules and rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103978D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-13 Referred to Committee on Rules
referral-committee - 2025-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1372)
- 2025-01-17 Rereferred from Rules to Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
referral-committee - 2025-01-24 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-24 Committee substitute printed 25105903D-S1
substitution - 2025-01-27 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-27 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1372)
- 2025-01-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-28 Reading of substitute waived
- 2025-01-28 Rehabilitation and Social Services Substitute agreed to
- 2025-01-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-01-29 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-07 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-10 Passed House (95-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-11 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1372ER)
passage - 2025-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1372)
- 2025-02-11 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-13 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
enrolled - 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 155 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0155)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18009be0-f7ea-4ef4-ba5a-b5f96283d72a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).