HB 768 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Custody and visitation arrangements for minor; custody evaluation, report.

Summary
Custody and visitation arrangements for minor; custody evaluation; report. Provides that a circuit or district court may order a custody evaluation to assist with determining the custody or visitation arrangements for a minor. Current law provides that such custody evaluations can be ordered in a proceeding for custody or visitation before a juvenile and domestic relations district court. The bill also directs the Board of Psychology, in consultation with the Board of Medicine, to convene a stakeholder advisory group to study the availability of qualified mental health professionals willing to serve as court-appointed experts in family law proceedings and to report its findings and any recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice and House Committee on Health and Human Services no later than November 1, 2026.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Vetoed
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Vetoed Apr 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

Engrossed Enrolled · 3 edits · Mar 31, 2026
MINOR
The bill transitioned from a House draft version to the final Enrolled version ready for signature. The substantive legal text regarding custody, visitation, and support remains identical, but the formatting was standardized to remove internal revision markers and add official state headers.
TECHNICAL

Removed internal House amendment markers, committee referral notes, and draft session headers that were present in the working version.

Added official Enrolled headers, chapter titles, and approval stamps required for the bill to become law.

Replaced bracketed references to other statutes with plain text to finalize the language for the official code.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 9, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2026

How they voted

390
Passed
Total votes 39
Mar 9, 2026
D Democratic20
20 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
13
Committee
7
Amendments
5
Apr 13, 2026
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by House
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB768ER)
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendments Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2026
Committee
Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
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Photo of Charniele Herring
Charniele Herring
DDemocratic
VA
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