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type: "Bill"
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title: "Juvenile/domestic rel. district cts.; petition, noncitizen aged 18-21 years for leg. custody/relief."
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description: "Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; jurisdiction; definitions; petition by noncitizen aged 18 to 21 years for legal custody. Allows an unmarried noncitizen between the ages of 18 and 21 who has been abused, neglected, or abandoned to petition a juvenile and domestic relations district court to be placed in the physical custody of a proposed legal custodian. The bill also includes such unmarried noncitizen in the definitions of \"child,\" \"juvenile,\" and \"minor,\" as such terms are related to juvenile and domestic relations district courts."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 667"
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citation: "Virginia HB 667 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Lopes Maldonado"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46459858-6033-4cba-b17b-e114e29b8daa"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB667"
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source_hash: "548e0c5411094a950494b3a135bc3438b19d1af1fda8b04a7fbc6eda73c990f2"
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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 667 (2026) — Juvenile/domestic rel. district cts.; petition, noncitizen aged 18-21 years for leg. custody/relief.
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Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; jurisdiction; definitions; petition by noncitizen aged 18 to 21 years for legal custody. Allows an unmarried noncitizen between the ages of 18 and 21 who has been abused, neglected, or abandoned to petition a juvenile and domestic relations district court to be placed in the physical custody of a proposed legal custodian. The bill also includes such unmarried noncitizen in the definitions of "child," "juvenile," and "minor," as such terms are related to juvenile and domestic relations district courts.
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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/1085420.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221732.PDF)
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3. **Civil Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1107697.PDF)
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4. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208488.HTML)
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5. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208484.PDF)
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6. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1181484.HTML)
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7. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186612.PDF)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213634.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **61–34** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **64–34** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Insist & Request R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **1–94** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
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- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104483D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-04** Committee substitute printed 26106379D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-09** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Committee substitute printed 26108690D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 94-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-06** Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-06** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-09** House acceded to request
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- **2026-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-10** Senate Conferees: Surovell, Carroll Foy, Obenshain
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- **2026-03-11** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-11** House Conferees: Maldonado, Callsen, Pence
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- **2026-03-12** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 34-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB667ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 656 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0656)
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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/46459858-6033-4cba-b17b-e114e29b8daa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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