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type: "Bill"
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title: "Post-adoption contact & communication agreements; authority to enter into agreements."
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description: "Provides that a local board of social services or child welfare agency required to file a petition for a permanency planning hearing may inform the birth parents and shall inform the adoptive parents that they may enter into enter into a post-adoption contact and communication agreement. The bill further provides that such local board of social services or child welfare agency shall inform the child if he is 14 years of age or older that he may consent to such an agreement. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1728"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1728 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Minors", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-12-19"
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last_action: "2019-02-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21459ed8-5785-4a6a-9137-51753486d9f5"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1728"
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source_hash: "24e974ca664683a8aab2039d92b8d828f2cdcde3049a88d017986bb6e2ae8903"
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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 1728 (2019) — Post-adoption contact & communication agreements; authority to enter into agreements.
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Provides that a local board of social services or child welfare agency required to file a petition for a permanency planning hearing may inform the birth parents and shall inform the adoptive parents that they may enter into enter into a post-adoption contact and communication agreement. The bill further provides that such local board of social services or child welfare agency shall inform the child if he is 14 years of age or older that he may consent to such an agreement. This bill is identical to
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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 (CHAP0084)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0084)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1728)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1728ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1728ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105385D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1728H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103547D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1728)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David A. Reid — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-12-19** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103547D `introduction`
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- **2018-12-19** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-07** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 19105385D-H1
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- **2019-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1728H1
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- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-13** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-13** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
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- **2019-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
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- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 84 (effective 7/1/19) `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/21459ed8-5785-4a6a-9137-51753486d9f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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