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type: "Bill"
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title: "Delinquency petition; referral to court service unit."
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description: "Delinquency petition; referral to court service unit. Provides that at any point prior to the commencement of an adjudication hearing on a petition alleging that a child is delinquent, the court, upon request of the child with consent of the attorney for the Commonwealth, if a party to the case, may refer the delinquency charge back to the court service unit in writing and the intake officer shall proceed informally pursuant to relevant law. Additionally, the bill provides that upon such referral, the court shall dismiss the petition and order that the court records pertaining to the petition be expunged pursuant to relevant law. Lastly, the bill allows an intake officer to proceed informally on a complaint alleging a child is in need of services, in need of supervision, or delinquent if the juvenile has previously been proceeded against informally. Current law does not permit proceeding informally when a juvenile (i) commits a violent juvenile felony or (ii) is alleged delinquent for an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult if such juvenile had previously been (a) proceeded against informally by intake or (b) adjudicated delinquent for a prior offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth. This bill is identical to HB 438."
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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: "SB 70"
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citation: "Virginia SB 70 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-12-17"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5508ca9b-2ad8-4043-9524-cab36a2aedcc"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB70"
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source_hash: "51c18293fb71451932183f57202dd265b38710078fcd8d1bee8be4f637dd59e7"
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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 SB 70 (2026) — Delinquency petition; referral to court service unit.
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Delinquency petition; referral to court service unit. Provides that at any point prior to the commencement of an adjudication hearing on a petition alleging that a child is delinquent, the court, upon request of the child with consent of the attorney for the Commonwealth, if a party to the case, may refer the delinquency charge back to the court service unit in writing and the intake officer shall proceed informally pursuant to relevant law. Additionally, the bill provides that upon such referral, the court shall dismiss the petition and order that the court records pertaining to the petition be expunged pursuant to relevant law. Lastly, the bill allows an intake officer to proceed informally on a complaint alleging a child is in need of services, in need of supervision, or delinquent if the juvenile has previously been proceeded against informally. Current law does not permit proceeding informally when a juvenile (i) commits a violent juvenile felony or (ii) is alleged delinquent for an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult if such juvenile had previously been (a) proceeded against informally by intake or (b) adjudicated delinquent for a prior offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth. This bill is identical to HB 438.
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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/1081916.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218916.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1169561.PDF)
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4. **Delegate LeVere Bolling Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1171771.HTML)
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5. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178739.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1181999.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Concur House Amendment R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **63–34** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101683D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-12-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-21** Courts of Justice Substitute
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- **2026-01-21** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-23** Committee substitute printed 26105830D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-01-23** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-23** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-26** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-26** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-01-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB70)
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- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-18** Committee substitute printed 26108198D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-23** Floor offered Delegate LeVere Bolling Amendment
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- **2026-02-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB70)
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- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-23** Delegate LeVere Bolling Floor amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended `substitution`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed House with substitute with amendment (63-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate `amendment-passage, substitution`
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- **2026-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-27** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB70ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB70)
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB70)
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 614 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0614)
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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/5508ca9b-2ad8-4043-9524-cab36a2aedcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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