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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: "SB 1139"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1139 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Welfare (Social Services)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-12-30"
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last_action: "2019-02-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f14c236b-5e28-4f12-920d-4794442760f4"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1139"
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source_hash: "dfc9bb6a4540193d11970be91a4f581e9b6b0be6d7e59e4cdce5786e3c3b002e"
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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 1139 (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 (CHAP0065)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0065)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1139ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1139ER)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105184D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1139S1)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103550D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1139)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
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- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103550D `introduction`
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- **2018-12-30** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-23** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2019-01-23** Committee substitute agreed to 19105184D-S1
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- **2019-01-23** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1139S1
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- **2019-01-29** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-29** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-11** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-02-12** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-12** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 14, 2019
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- **2019-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2019
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- **2019-02-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 65 (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/f14c236b-5e28-4f12-920d-4794442760f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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