Virginia · 2025 Regular Session

SB805 Child support; updates amounts in the schedule of basic support obligations.

Direction

Custody & support child supportAI label

Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent model confidence 90%

Updates the schedule of monthly basic child support obligations upward for all income levels and numbers of children, and raises the income threshold for applying the percentage add-on from $35,000 to $42,500, so higher support amounts are required in more cases.

SCHEDULE OF MONTHLY BASIC CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS [deleted: COMBINED MONTHLY GROSS ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX INCOME CHILD CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN CHILDREN 0-350 68 104 126 141 155 169 ...]

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Law

Stage: Law · step 6 of 6

Last action: 2025-05-02: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702)
Filed: 2024-12-30
Sponsor: Scott Surovell D

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Why the model tagged it this way: The bill updates and increases the child support guideline schedule amounts (replacing the prior table with higher values) and raises the high-income add-on threshold, producing both higher obligations in most cases (restricts) and lower obligations for some very high earners (expands).

Related bills

HB1346 Noncustodial Parent Employment and Child Support Pilot Program; created, report, sunset.Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Committee
HB601 Exemptions from garnishment; minimum protected account balance, certain benefit payments.Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parent No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Law
SB301 Exemptions from garnishment; minimum protected account balance, certain benefit payments.Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Law
HB1406 Foreign divorce decrees; exercise of power by courts of the Commonwealth, non-domiciled party.No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Law

Hearings and calendar

2025-01-13 08:00 · Hearing · Senate Courts of Justice Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
2025-02-05 00:00 · Hearing · House Courts of Justice - Civil Committee Hearing House North Subcommittee Room - 200
2025-02-10 00:00 · Hearing · House Courts of Justice Committee Hearing House Committee Room C - 206

Votes

Date	Chamber	Motion	Yea-Nay
2025-01-13	S	Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 1-N)	12-1	Passed
2025-01-14	S	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)	37-0	Passed
2025-01-17	S	Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 7-N)	32-7	Passed
2025-02-05	H	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)	8-0	Passed
2025-02-10	H	Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)	22-0	Passed
2025-02-13	H	Passed House (77-Y 19-N)	77-19	Passed
2025-04-02	S	Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 22-N)	18-22	Failed

Text versions

Introduced 2024-12-30
Engrossed 2025-01-16
Enrolled 2025-03-07
Chaptered 2025-05-02

History (41 actions)

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-05-02		Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0702)
2025-05-02		Approved by Governor-Chapter 702 (Effective 07/01/25)
2025-04-02		Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
2025-04-02	S	Communicated to Governor
2025-04-02	S	Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (18-Y 22-N)
2025-03-24		Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2025-03-11		Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
2025-03-11	S	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
2025-03-10	S	Signed by President
2025-03-07	H	Signed by Speaker
2025-03-07	S	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB805)
2025-03-07	S	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB805ER)
2025-03-07	S	Enrolled
2025-02-13	H	Passed House (77-Y 19-N)
2025-02-13	H	Read third time
2025-02-13	H	Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
2025-02-12	H	Read second time
2025-02-10	H	Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
2025-02-05	H	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2025-02-04	H	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2025-02-04	H	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2025-02-04	H	Read first time
2025-02-04	H	Placed on Calendar
2025-01-21	S	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB805)
2025-01-17	S	Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 7-N)
2025-01-16	S	Printed as engrossed 25102166D-E
2025-01-16	S	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2025-01-16	S	Senator Surovell Amendment agreed to
2025-01-16	S	Amendments by Senator withdrawn
2025-01-16	S	Reading of amendment waived
2025-01-16	S	Senator Surovell Amendment withdrawn
2025-01-16	S	Read second time
2025-01-15	S	Passed by for the day
2025-01-15	S	Read second time
2025-01-15	S	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB805)
2025-01-14	S	Passed by for the day
2025-01-14	S	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
2025-01-14	S	Rules suspended
2025-01-13	S	Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 1-N)
2024-12-30	S	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-12-30	S	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102166D