republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2023/hb-2028.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardianship; duties of guardian, visitation requirements."
description: "Guardianship; duties of guardian, visitation requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2028"
citation: "Virginia HB 2028 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roem"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73dd0a30-f1b5-45dc-abe2-5fcdbf3b4b94"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2028"
source_hash: "7b9d00b21d3d1eca0c5bd6ba8af14b9320dcabd3568e0480667d2b6aba67189b"
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 2028 (2023) — Guardianship; duties of guardian, visitation requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0540** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0540)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105525D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2028H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106970D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2028S1)
4. **HB2028ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2028ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103725D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2028)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roem — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103725D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2028)
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute printed 23105525D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB2028H1)
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 23105525D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2028H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute printed 23106970D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 23106970D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-22** Amendment by Senator Peake rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2028S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2028S1)
- **2023-02-23** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106970D-S1 (95-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2028ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB2028ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 540 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0540)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73dd0a30-f1b5-45dc-abe2-5fcdbf3b4b94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).