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Delinquency petition; referral to court service unit. Provides that at any point prior to the commencement of an adjudication hearing on a petition alleging that a child is delinquent, the court, upon request of the child with consent of the attorney for the Commonwealth, if a party to the case, may refer the delinquency charge back to the court service unit in writing and the intake officer shall proceed informally pursuant to relevant law. Additionally, the bill provides that upon such referral, the court shall dismiss the petition and order that the court records pertaining to the petition be expunged pursuant to relevant law. Lastly, the bill allows an intake officer to proceed informally on a complaint alleging a child is in need of services, in need of supervision, or delinquent if the juvenile has previously been proceeded against informally.Current law does not permit proceeding informally when a juvenile (i) commits a violent juvenile felony or (ii) is alleged delinquent for an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult if such juvenile had previously been (a) proceeded against informally by intake or (b) adjudicated delinquent for a prior offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Virginia Commission on Youth.
Introduced
Dec 17, 2025
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB70)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB70)
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB70ER)
Enrolled
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate
Floor offered Delegate LeVere Bolling Amendment
Passed House with substitute with amendment (63-Y 34-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended
Delegate LeVere Bolling Floor amendment agreed to
committee substitute agreed to
Read third time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB70)
Read second time
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
Committee substitute printed 26108198D-H1
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB70)
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Read second time
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Committee substitute printed 26105830D-S1
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Courts of Justice Substitute
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101683D
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Barbara A. Favola