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+type: "Bill"
+title: "No-fault divorce; corroboration requirement."
+description: "No-fault divorce; corroboration requirement.Removes the corroborating witness requirement for no-fault divorces."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1911"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1911 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2021-01-10"
+last_action: "2021-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50358ffe-37f2-4cc7-8675-013a1e42be3c"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1911"
+source_hash: "09bcab1641ba6561fe72cc6b2db7035a1168b379ab101f5f83264bdaf6613f44"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1911 (2021) — No-fault divorce; corroboration requirement.
+
+No-fault divorce; corroboration requirement.Removes the corroborating witness requirement for no-fault divorces.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0194** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0194)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 21104489D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1911S1)
+3. **HB1911ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1911ER)
+4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100782D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1911)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Committee substitute rejected 21204489D-S1 (18-Y 21-N) — **18–21** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (60-Y 39-N) — **59–39** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) — **27–12** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
+- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100782D `introduction`
+- **2021-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
+- **2021-01-20** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-25** Read third time and passed House (60-Y 39-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-01-25** VOTE: Passage (60-Y 39-N)
+- **2021-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-15** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2021-02-15** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-15** Committee substitute printed 21104489D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2021-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-17** Passed by for the day
+- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2021-02-18** Committee substitute rejected 21204489D-S1 (18-Y 21-N)
+- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) `passage`
+- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
+- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
+- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
+- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
+- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 194 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50358ffe-37f2-4cc7-8675-013a1e42be3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+