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| Bill | Paternity; proceedings to establish. | Proceedings to establish paternity. Adds the methods by which the Department of Social Services administratively establishes paternity for the purposes of child support enforcement to the lists of ways that a parent and child relationship may be established in domestic relations proceedings under Title 20 and that a parent and child relationship may be established for determining rights related to a deed, will, trust, or other instrument. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 224 | Virginia HB 224 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 224 (2026) — Paternity; proceedings to establish.
Proceedings to establish paternity. Adds the methods by which the Department of Social Services administratively establishes paternity for the purposes of child support enforcement to the lists of ways that a parent and child relationship may be established in domestic relations proceedings under Title 20 and that a parent and child relationship may be established for determining rights related to a deed, will, trust, or other instrument. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference.
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 Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102670D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-04 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-09 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB224)
- 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB224)
- 2026-03-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB224ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB224)
- 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 369 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/848c7734-6d0b-4038-a583-da5ea2dc151c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).