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| Bill | Guardianship; copy of appointment, termination, or modification order. | Guardianship; copy of appointment, termination, or modification order; Department of Medical Assistance Services. Removes the requirement of a clerk of court in a guardianship proceeding to forward a copy of an order appointing a guardian and a copy of the certificate of qualification to the Department of Medical Assistance Services. The bill further removes such a forwarding requirement when a guardianship is terminated or otherwise modified. This bill is identical to HB 1119. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 216 | Virginia SB 216 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 216 (2026) — Guardianship; copy of appointment, termination, or modification order.
Guardianship; copy of appointment, termination, or modification order; Department of Medical Assistance Services. Removes the requirement of a clerk of court in a guardianship proceeding to forward a copy of an order appointing a guardian and a copy of the certificate of qualification to the Department of Medical Assistance Services. The bill further removes such a forwarding requirement when a guardianship is terminated or otherwise modified. This bill is identical to HB 1119.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103312D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB216)
- 2026-01-21 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-23 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-23 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-23 Passed by for the day
- 2026-01-26 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-26 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-26 Engrossed by Senate
- 2026-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-18 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-20 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-23 Passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-24 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-24 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB216ER)
passage - 2026-02-24 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-24 Signed by President
passage - 2026-02-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB216)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 266 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0266)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad67a940-358d-43af-ac5e-f8491e830fb1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).