---
type: "Bill"
title: "Divorce decrees; reports, includes social security numbers or other control numbers."
description: "State Registrar of Vital Records; final decree of divorce or annulment of marriage; necessary information. Specifies that the information necessary to enter a final decree of divorce or annulment of marriage shall include a party's social security number or control number issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles only if such information is known and available."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 556"
citation: "Virginia HB 556 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atoosa R. Reaser"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e4ef89e-b107-4e14-a1b2-6d15ce2ae769"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB556"
source_hash: "7b99a424e0e720c13693e0ca5ae813fe4a1017f1adb4d319e9c9a90059dfc5ad"
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 556 (2026) — Divorce decrees; reports, includes social security numbers or other control numbers.

State Registrar of Vital Records; final decree of divorce or annulment of marriage; necessary information. Specifies that the information necessary to enter a final decree of divorce or annulment of marriage shall include a party's social security number or control number issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles only if such information is known and available.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084932.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217694.PDF)
3. **Civil Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1107897.PDF)
4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1127374.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210770.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **86–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102321D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Referred from Health and Human Services and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote) `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB556)
- **2026-01-26** Assigned HCJ sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Committee substitute printed 26106910D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB556)
- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (86-Y 11-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB556ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB556)
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 402 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0402)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e4ef89e-b107-4e14-a1b2-6d15ce2ae769`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).