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type: "Bill"
title: "Guardianship; copy of appointment, termination, or modification order."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "Virginia SB 216 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad67a940-358d-43af-ac5e-f8491e830fb1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB216"
source_hash: "53f29c5f0e4c55f1ccd4a1627ab6d23fa57ab763614682f4a39833160e7889ff"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# 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.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084119.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217582.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177112.PDF)
## Votes
- H VOTE: — **970** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **220** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad67a940-358d-43af-ac5e-f8491e830fb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).