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2011 SESSION

Convened January 12, 2011 -


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(P) Passed (F) Failed (V) Vetoed (I) Incoporated into other legislation
(C) Carried over from 2010 Session (CD) Carried over but died in committee on or before 12/2/2010
Assault and battery against a family or household member; if committed against person protected by protective order, then guilty of a misdemeanor. Amending §§ 18.2-57.2, 19.2-151, and 37.2-506. (Patron-McClellan, HB 216 (CD))
Bad checks; person writing for child or spousal support is subject to criminal penalties. Amending §§ 18.2-181 and 18.2-182. (Patron-Quayle, SB 1140 (F))
Best interests of child; court has jurisdiction to resolve a dispute how a child shall be educated. Amending § 20-124.2. (Patron-Stuart, SB 994 (F))
Child custody or visitation; single petition may be filed in juvenile and domestic relations district court. Amending § 16.1-260. (Patron-Surovell, HB 1807 (F))
Child custody, shared; establishes a presumption that award thereof is in best interests of child. Amending § 20-124.2. (Patron-Tata, HB 1787 (F))
Child support; court shall make a determination and enter an order containing such determination. Amending § 16.1-278.15. (Patron-Kilgore, HB 1585 (F))
Child support; court shall make determination and enter an order at initial court date on any initial petition. Amending § 16.1-278.15. (Patron-Quayle, SB 1143 (F))
Child support; suspension of driver’s license for failure to pay. Amending § 46.2-320. (Patron-Puller, SB 760 (F))
Child support arrearages; Division of Child Support Enforcement shall publish at regular intervals a list of all delinquent parents who owe. Amending § 63.2-1940.1. (Patron-Comstock, HB 2202 (F))
Child support, custody, or visitation; single petition may be filed in juvenile and domestic relations district court. Amending § 16.1-260. (Patron-Surovell, HB 822 (CD))
Constitutional amendment; marriage (first reference). Repealing Section 15-A of Article I. (Patron-Englin, HJR 638 (F))
Domestic abuser registry; established. Adding § 9.1-1302. (Patron-Marshall, D.W., HB 1932 (F))
Driver’s license; suspension for failure to pay child support. Amending § 46.2-320. (Patron-Athey, HB 1694 (Chapter 773))
Family or household member; expands definition. Amending § 16.1-228. (Patron-Barker, SB 208 (CD); Reynolds, SB 877 (I) See SB1222)
Good conduct credits; failure to comply with order or decree for support. Amending § 20-115. (Patron-Miller, P.J., HB 1563 (F))
Juvenile court docket; cases of assault and battery against family or household member to be advanced and heard within 30 days of arrest. Amending § 16.1-241. (Patron-McDougle, SB 177 (CD))
Marital debts; equitable distribution. Amending § 20-107.3. (Patron-Cleaveland, HB 1569 (Chapter 655))
Military parents; a court may enter an order delegating deploying parent’s visitation rights with a child to a family member. Amending §§ 20-108, 20-124.8, and 20-124.9. (Patron-Herring, SB 910 (Chapter 351))
Parental rights; final orders for termination are appealed directly to Court of Appeals. Amending §§ 16.1-241, 16.1-296, 16.1-298, and 17.1-405; adding § 16.1-296.3. (Patron-Toscano, HB 748 (CD))
Pendente lite custody orders; may be appealed to appropriate appellate court. Amending § 20-103. (Patron-Morgan, HB 2266 (F))
Pendente lite support orders; payment of debts. Amending § 20-103. (Patron-Toscano, HB 1529 (Chapter 687))
Protective orders; expands class of persons who is eligible to obtain in cases of family abuse to include persons who are in a dating relationship. Amending §§ 16.1-228, 16.1-243, 16.1-253.1, 16.1-253.2, 16.1-253.4, 16.1-260, 16.1-266.2, 16.1-279.1, 16.1-296, 16.1-298, 19.2-11.2, and 19.2-81.3. (Patron-Morrissey, HB 2340 (I) See HB2063)
Protective orders; makes numerous changes to laws governing family abuse and stalking orders, penalty. Amending §§ 16.1-69.55, 16.1-228, 16.1-253.1, 16.1-253.2, 16.1-253.4, 16.1-279.1, 17.1-213, 18.2-57.2, 18.2-60.3, 18.2-60.4, 19.2-81.3, 19.2-120, 19.2-152.8, 19.2-152.9, 19.2-152.10, 19.2-387.1, 19.2-390, and 52-45. (Patron-Toscano, HB 2422 (I) See HB2063)
Spousal support; court shall have authority to order a party to maintain any existing life insurance policy on his life provided party has right to designate a beneficiary. Amending § 20-108.1. (Patron-Keam, HB 2275 (F))
Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act; established. Adding §§ 20-146.39 through 20-146.49. (Patron-O’Bannon, HB 1641 (F))
Victims of domestic violence; expands Address Confidentiality Program to all jurisdictions within State. Amending § 2.2-515.2 and Chapter 649, 2008 Acts; repealing third enactment of Chapter 599, 2007 Acts. (Patron-Wilt, HB 1757 (Chapter 97); Obenshain, SB 1199 (Chapter 172))

2011 Cumulative Index of Bills, Joint Resolutions, and Resolutions - For additional information, please contact the House of Delegates Information and Public Relations Office, P. O. Box 406, State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia 23218, telephone (804) 698-1500.