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type: "Bill"
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title: "Paternity; proceedings to establish."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 224"
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citation: "Virginia HB 224 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-08"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/848c7734-6d0b-4038-a583-da5ea2dc151c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB224"
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source_hash: "3608fed1e225ea2b5e83ee7a934d71d83c3991a1f273d60b200ed1bfb1fe3cc6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 224 (2026) — Paternity; proceedings to establish.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083152.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217726.PDF)
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3. **Civil Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100219.HTML)
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4. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1127298.HTML)
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5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1131998.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210599.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102670D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB224)
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB224)
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- **2026-03-05** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB224ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB224)
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 369 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0369)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/848c7734-6d0b-4038-a583-da5ea2dc151c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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