SB 302 Virginia Senate · 2022 Regular Session

Guardians; appointment, petitions for guardianship, report.

Summary
Guardianship; petitions; appointment. Clarifies that a community services board and any other local or state governmental agency may file a petition for the appointment of a guardian or conservator of an incapacitated person. The bill also specifies that a guardian need not be appointed for the purposes of making a health care decision when such decision is made pursuant to and within the scope of the Health Care Decisions Act. Finally, the bill requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to convene a work group to consider issues related to (i) the care of adults with permanent disabilities that render them incapable of making informed decisions about their own care and (ii) potential changes to guardianship requirements to make it easier for parents to care for their adult children with such disabilities.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2022 · House of Delegates Mar 7, 2022

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 15, 2022
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
43
Key actions
16
Committee
15
Amendments
2
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 630 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Mar 11, 2022
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 11, 2022
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
House requested conference committee
lower
Mar 9, 2022
Introduced
House insisted on amendments
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 25, 2022
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB302S1
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22106467D-S1
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A)
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 9, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100252D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors