HB 137 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Guardian ad litem for children; certification of compliance with certain standards.

Summary
Guardians ad litem for children; certification of compliance with certain standards. Requires guardians ad litem appointed to represent a child in a matter to conduct an investigation in compliance with certain standards. The bill requires a guardian ad litem to file with the court, along with any attorney representing a party or party proceeding pro se, a certification of the guardian ad litem's compliance with such standards, specifically addressing such standards requiring face-to-face contact with the child. The bill further requires the guardian ad litem to document the hours spent satisfying such face-to-face contact requirements and specifies that compensation for such contact shall be at the same rate as that for in-court service.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Dec 18, 2019 Signed Mar 2, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Mar 2, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 21 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB137H1
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106038D-H1
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Dec 18, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Dec 18, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102539D
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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