republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1586.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court-ordered custody and visitation arrangements; transmission of order to child's school."
description: "Provides that, in any custody or visitation case in which an order prohibiting a party from picking a child up from school is entered, the court shall order a party to provide a copy of such order to the child's school within three business days of the receipt of the order. The bill requires that, where a custody determination affects a child's school enrollment, the court order a party to provide a copy of the custody order to the child's new school within three business days of the child's enrollment. The bill further provides that if the court determines that a party is unable to deliver the order to the school, such party shall provide the court with the name of the principal and address of the school, and the court shall cause the order to be mailed to such principal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1586"
citation: "Virginia HB 1586 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Domestic Relations", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey L. Campbell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-02"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f19643db-c28e-429d-817f-ecdd2569cbcc"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1586"
source_hash: "3ff9121b53f3fde5f8019843e78e5f7d78c48d09e48c9fc92062278ddb58cd63"
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 HB 1586 (2017) — Court-ordered custody and visitation arrangements; transmission of order to child's school.

Provides that, in any custody or visitation case in which an order prohibiting a party from picking a child up from school is entered, the court shall order a party to provide a copy of such order to the child's school within three business days of the receipt of the order. The bill requires that, where a custody determination affects a child's school enrollment, the court order a party to provide a copy of the custody order to the child's new school within three business days of the child's enrollment. The bill further provides that if the court determines that a party is unable to deliver the order to the school, such party shall provide the court with the name of the principal and address of the school, and the court shall cause the order to be mailed to such principal.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0509)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0509)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1586ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1586ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104442D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1586H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101164D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1586)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **19–2** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with amendments — **35–5** (pass) · legislature
- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **94–6** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–1** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — **87–8** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **12–2** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101164D `introduction`
- **2017-01-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 17104442D-H1
- **2017-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1586H1
- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-20** Passed by for the day
- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** Reading of amendments waived
- **2017-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2017-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-22** Senate amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 6-N)
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 509 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f19643db-c28e-429d-817f-ecdd2569cbcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).