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type: "Bill"
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title: "Appointment of guardian ad litem; child in need of services or supervision."
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description: "Office of the Executive Secretary; notification to guardian ad litems representing juveniles; child in need of services or supervision. Directs the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia to send notification to attorneys qualified for appointment as guardians ad litem that, if appointed to represent a child who is alleged to be a child in need of services or supervision, such attorney should have familiarity with the statutes providing the dispositional alternatives available when a juvenile and domestic relations district court finds that a child is in need of services or supervision."
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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 2596"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2596 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Sam Rasoul"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-13"
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last_action: "2025-03-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/659a1e7f-b300-431e-aa34-70137a3d14ab"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2596"
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source_hash: "a5242a5cd4b3d84c2e0474b6febe4f8c5d1f2a444d85d0618c07720580c5cade"
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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 2596 (2025) — Appointment of guardian ad litem; child in need of services or supervision.
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Office of the Executive Secretary; notification to guardian ad litems representing juveniles; child in need of services or supervision. Directs the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia to send notification to attorneys qualified for appointment as guardians ad litem that, if appointed to represent a child who is alleged to be a child in need of services or supervision, such attorney should have familiarity with the statutes providing the dispositional alternatives available when a juvenile and domestic relations district court finds that a child is in need of services or supervision.
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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/1019053.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071234.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030216.PDF)
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4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033013.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057174.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
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- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104535D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-24** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106382D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-30** Assigned Approps sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-31** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2596)
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- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-14** Rules suspended
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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 Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2596ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2596)
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- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 96 (Effective 07/01/25 ) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0096)
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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/659a1e7f-b300-431e-aa34-70137a3d14ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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