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| Bill | Fictive kin; definition. | Child dependency cases; court procedures; fictive kin; definition. Updates the definition of fictive kin to specify that such person is required to have an established relationship with a child or his family prior to the child's initial entry into foster care to meet the definition of fictive kin. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1327 | Virginia HB 1327 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1327 (2026) — Fictive kin; definition.
Child dependency cases; court procedures; fictive kin; definition. Updates the definition of fictive kin to specify that such person is required to have an established relationship with a child or his family prior to the child's initial entry into foster care to meet the definition of fictive kin.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Civil Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Anne Ferrell Tata — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 26105171D
introduction - 2026-01-16 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-05 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1327)
- 2026-02-09 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26107576D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Passed by temporarily
- 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1327ER)
passage - 2026-03-11 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 298 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0298)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/518754cd-6505-4e9a-b1fb-9e46fb15ba98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).