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type: "Bill"
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title: "Social Services, Commissioner of; storage and preservation of orders and adoption files."
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description: "Provides the Commissioner of Social Services with certain powers and duties related to the custody, storage, preservation, and duplication of adoption files. The bill contains an emergency clause."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 291"
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citation: "Virginia HB 291 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts of Record", "Emergency Legislation", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher E. Collins"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-03"
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last_action: "2018-02-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e402cc04-490f-48b5-9c81-811220ba3d18"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB291"
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source_hash: "3608f219b3e84f6848b09414de5530be9fb90b1d5d538ea129d089f3b90b399b"
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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 HB 291 (2018) — Social Services, Commissioner of; storage and preservation of orders and adoption files.
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Provides the Commissioner of Social Services with certain powers and duties related to the custody, storage, preservation, and duplication of adoption files. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0010)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB291ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB291ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/18 18101573D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB291)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 18101573D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB291E)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate with amendments — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendments — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher E. Collins — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/18 18101573D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-03** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-23** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2018-01-23** Engrossed by House as amended HB291E
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- **2018-01-23** Printed as engrossed 18101573D-E
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- **2018-01-24** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-01-25** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-06** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-06** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2018-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2018-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2018-02-08** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-08** Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2018-02-12** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-12** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-14** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
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- **2018-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2018
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- **2018-02-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 10 (effective 2/22/18) `executive-signature`
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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/e402cc04-490f-48b5-9c81-811220ba3d18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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