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type: "Bill"
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title: "Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; petitions for relief of care and custody."
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description: "Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; petitions for relief of care and custody; custodians. Allows the custodian of a child to file a petition for relief of the care and custody of such child in a juvenile and domestic relations district court. Current law only authorizes the parent or parents of a child to file such petition for relief of care and custody. The bill also requires the petitioning parent or custodian to cooperate with any services provided by a local department of social services during the initial investigation by such local department of social services after such petition for relief of care and custody has been filed. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth and is identical to SB 206."
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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 73"
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citation: "Virginia HB 73 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joshua G. Cole"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-12-31"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e064855-752e-4cfa-b53a-1089b47e42ed"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB73"
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source_hash: "e1fd0437261e1878a672b36b9527e4c3260ca75585bab0fbc6d0fc8eb7a391c6"
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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 73 (2026) — Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; petitions for relief of care and custody.
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Juvenile and domestic relations district courts; petitions for relief of care and custody; custodians. Allows the custodian of a child to file a petition for relief of the care and custody of such child in a juvenile and domestic relations district court. Current law only authorizes the parent or parents of a child to file such petition for relief of care and custody. The bill also requires the petitioning parent or custodian to cooperate with any services provided by a local department of social services during the initial investigation by such local department of social services after such petition for relief of care and custody has been filed. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth and is identical to SB 206.
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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/1082277.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216194.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177847.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-31** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102179D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-12-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB73)
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- **2026-01-28** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB73ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB73)
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 58 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0058)
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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/4e064855-752e-4cfa-b53a-1089b47e42ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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