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type: "Bill"
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title: "Establishment of parent and child relationship; persons who committed sexual assault."
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description: "Establishment of parent and child relationship; persons who have committed sexual assault. Provides that no parent and child relationship shall be established when a biological parent has been convicted of rape, carnal knowledge, or incest, or has been found by clear and convincing evidence to have engaged in such prohibited conduct, and the child was conceived of such violation or conduct. The bill further provides that a person with a legitimate interest in the child does not include a person whose interest derives from or through a person who has been convicted of or found to have engaged in such conduct by clear and convincing evidence. The bill provides that consent for adoption is not required of a birth father when such father has been found by clear and convincing evidence to have engaged in rape, carnal knowledge, or incest and the child was conceived of such conduct; under current law, such consent is not required when the birth father has been convicted of rape, carnal knowledge, or incest."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1727"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1727 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-04"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72d085dc-61be-46ac-9664-79aa939e8bc8"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1727"
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source_hash: "dcc50f7773b2aa0e88a891af94a5c99295054668dbbd39ee954d703f549fbb2f"
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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 1727 (2025) — Establishment of parent and child relationship; persons who committed sexual assault.
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Establishment of parent and child relationship; persons who have committed sexual assault. Provides that no parent and child relationship shall be established when a biological parent has been convicted of rape, carnal knowledge, or incest, or has been found by clear and convincing evidence to have engaged in such prohibited conduct, and the child was conceived of such violation or conduct. The bill further provides that a person with a legitimate interest in the child does not include a person whose interest derives from or through a person who has been convicted of or found to have engaged in such conduct by clear and convincing evidence. The bill provides that consent for adoption is not required of a birth father when such father has been found by clear and convincing evidence to have engaged in rape, carnal knowledge, or incest and the child was conceived of such conduct; under current law, such consent is not required when the birth father has been convicted of rape, carnal knowledge, or incest.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012913.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077692.PDF)
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3. **Senator Deeds, R. Creigh Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060420.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066540.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 2-N 1-A) — **12–2** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **38–2** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (66-Y 30-N) — **66–30** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101829D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-10** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2025-01-24** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-29** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-31** Read third time and passed House (66-Y 30-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-14** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-02-18** Floor substitute printed 25107576D-S1 (Deeds)
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- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-19** Senator Deeds, R. Creigh Substitute rejected
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- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1727ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1727)
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 547 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0547)
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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/72d085dc-61be-46ac-9664-79aa939e8bc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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