republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-667.md

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Bill	Juvenile/domestic rel. district cts.; petition, noncitizen aged 18-21 years for leg. custody/relief.	Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; jurisdiction; definitions; petition by noncitizen aged 18 to 21 years for legal custody. Allows an unmarried noncitizen between the ages of 18 and 21 who has been abused, neglected, or abandoned to petition a juvenile and domestic relations district court to be placed in the physical custody of a proposed legal custodian. The bill also includes such unmarried noncitizen in the definitions of "child," "juvenile," and "minor," as such terms are related to juvenile and domestic relations district courts.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 667	Virginia HB 667 (2026)	bill		enacted	Michelle Lopes Maldonado	8	43	10	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/46459858-6033-4cba-b17b-e114e29b8daa	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB667	548e0c5411094a950494b3a135bc3438b19d1af1fda8b04a7fbc6eda73c990f2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 667 (2026) — Juvenile/domestic rel. district cts.; petition, noncitizen aged 18-21 years for leg. custody/relief.

Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; jurisdiction; definitions; petition by noncitizen aged 18 to 21 years for legal custody. Allows an unmarried noncitizen between the ages of 18 and 21 who has been abused, neglected, or abandoned to petition a juvenile and domestic relations district court to be placed in the physical custody of a proposed legal custodian. The bill also includes such unmarried noncitizen in the definitions of "child," "juvenile," and "minor," as such terms are related to juvenile and domestic relations district courts.

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. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
7. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 61–34 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 64–34 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 1–94 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
• Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104483D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 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 substitute (6-Y 2-N) substitution
• 2026-02-04 Committee substitute printed 26106379D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-04 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-09 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-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
• 2026-02-25 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-25 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108690D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-02 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-04 Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 94-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-06 Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-06 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 House acceded to request
• 2026-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2026-03-10 Senate Conferees: Surovell, Carroll Foy, Obenshain
• 2026-03-11 Conferees appointed by House
• 2026-03-11 House Conferees: Maldonado, Callsen, Pence
• 2026-03-12 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 34-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB667ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 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
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 656 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46459858-6033-4cba-b17b-e114e29b8daa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).