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HB 1456 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Custody and visitation orders; use of term parenting time.

Summary
Provides that the court, in its discretion and as to a parent, may use the phrase "parenting time" to be synonymous with the term "visitation" in a custody or visitation order.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2016
Committee Review
Jan 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Signed into Law
Feb 2017
Introduced Dec 5, 2016 Signed Feb 17, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Feb 17, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 46 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Jan 27, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Jan 26, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 25, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1456H1
legislature
Jan 25, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17104323D-H1
legislature
Jan 13, 2017
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
legislature
Dec 5, 2016
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Dec 5, 2016
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100855D
legislature
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.