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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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Civil Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • H VOTE: — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 400 (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).