Court-ordered custody and visitation arrangements; transmission of order to child's school.
Summary
Provides that, in any custody or visitation case in which an order prohibiting a party from picking a child up from school is entered, the court shall order a party to provide a copy of such order to the child's school within three business days of the receipt of the order. The bill requires that, where a custody determination affects a child's school enrollment, the court order a party to provide a copy of the custody order to the child's new school within three business days of the child's enrollment. The bill further provides that if the court determines that a party is unable to deliver the order to the school, such party shall provide the court with the name of the principal and address of the school, and the court shall cause the order to be mailed to such principal.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 2, 2017
Signed Mar 16, 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
24
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Mar 16, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 509 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 22, 2017
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 6-N)
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Feb 21, 2017
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
legislature
Feb 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (87-Y 8-N)
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1586H1
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17104442D-H1
legislature
Jan 13, 2017
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
legislature
Jan 2, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Jan 2, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101164D
legislature
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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