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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Marriage; establishes legal age to be 18 years."
+description: "Legal age for marriage. Establishes the legal age of marriage to be 18 years of age and eliminates the ability for a minor to be declared emancipated on the basis of the intent to marry. The bill contains a reenactment clause."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 994"
+citation: "Virginia HB 994 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Karen Keys-Gamarra"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2024-01-09"
+last_action: "2024-04-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d660cd88-6c75-4551-a2e9-fa6fd8104ebf"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB994"
+source_hash: "2b23690db60de22fd76107a54fa187bf51a5fa03cb5341b7ceb949febf1d1d6e"
+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 994 (2024) — Marriage; establishes legal age to be 18 years.
+
+Legal age for marriage. Establishes the legal age of marriage to be 18 years of age and eliminates the ability for a minor to be declared emancipated on the basis of the intent to marry. The bill contains a reenactment clause.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0737** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0737)
+2. **HB994ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB994ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104849D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB994)
+4. **Printed as engrossed 24104849D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB994E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Adoption #2 (57-Y 40-N) — **56–40** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N 1-A) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (11-Y 0-N 4-A) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Karen Keys-Gamarra — primary (person)
+- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104849D `filing, introduction`
+- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-29** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
+- **2024-02-09** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB994E
+- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24104849D-E
+- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 42-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-28** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (11-Y 0-N 4-A) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-04** Passed by for the day
+- **2024-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-05** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2024-03-05** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-05** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2024-03-05** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Senate amendment agreed to by House (55-Y 42-N 1-A) `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-06** VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N 1-A)
+- **2024-03-06** Reconsideration of Senate amendment agreed to by House `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Senate amendment agreed to by House (57-Y 40-N) `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-03-06** VOTE: Adoption #2 (57-Y 40-N)
+- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB994ER) `passage`
+- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 737 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0737)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d660cd88-6c75-4551-a2e9-fa6fd8104ebf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+