---
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).