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type: "Bill"
title: "Custody and visitation orders; exchange of child."
description: "Provides that in custody and visitation cases, at the request of either party, the court may order that the exchange of a child take place at an appropriate meeting place."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2317"
citation: "Virginia HB 2317 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c619f330-962a-4191-ae9a-4835ad713bf0"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2317"
source_hash: "f669f1b348bf33686d785400421957cd16f86de6a41935b56c6ce917271c9ae7"
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 2317 (2019) — Custody and visitation orders; exchange of child.
Provides that in custody and visitation cases, at the request of either party, the court may order that the exchange of a child take place at an appropriate meeting place.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0378)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0378)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2317AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2317)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2317ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2317ER)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103599D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2317)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19103599D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2317E)
7. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2317ASE)
8. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107033D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2317S1)
## Votes
- Senate substitute with amendment agreed to 19107033D-S1 — **980** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute with amendment — **2713** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **86** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **70** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **170** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute with amendment — **2711** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103599D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB2317E
- **2019-01-30** Printed as engrossed 19103599D-E
- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 19107033D-S1
- **2019-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
- **2019-02-20** Amendment by Senator Obenshain agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB2317S1
- **2019-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-21** Senate substitute with amendment agreed to 19107033D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
- **2019-02-23** Enrolled
- **2019-02-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-23** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 378 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c619f330-962a-4191-ae9a-4835ad713bf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).