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Virginia SB 247 (2020) — No-fault divorce; gender-neutral terminology.

No-fault divorce; gender-neutral terminology.Replaces the terms "husband" and "wife" with gender-neutral termsin the no-fault divorce statute.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0270) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB247ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB247H1 (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB247H1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N) — 57–42 (pass) · lower
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
House substitute agreed to by Senate (33-Y 6-N) — 33–6 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) — 37–2 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100400D introduction
2020-01-02 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2020-01-15 Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-01-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-01-20 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
2020-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-12 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
2020-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
2020-02-14 Committee substitute printed 20108257D-H1 substitution
2020-02-18 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 20108257D-H1
2020-02-19 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB247H1
2020-02-19 Passed House with substitute (58-Y 42-N) passage
2020-02-19 VOTE: Passage (58-Y 42-N)
2020-02-21 House substitute agreed to by Senate (33-Y 6-N)
2020-02-21 Title replaced 20108257D-H1
2020-02-25 Enrolled
2020-02-25 Signed by Speaker
2020-02-26 Signed by President
2020-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 3, 2020
2020-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
2020-03-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 270 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ab4248e-9c61-43bf-bd26-c7be5d04f316. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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