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| Bill | Celebration of marriage; fee. | Celebration of marriage; fee. Increases from $50 to $75 the maximum fee that may be charged by a person other than a minister who is authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 955 | Virginia SB 955 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 955 (2020) — Celebration of marriage; fee.
Celebration of marriage; fee. Increases from $50 to $75 the maximum fee that may be charged by a person other than a minister who is authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0181) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB955ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB955ER) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — 6–1 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) — 23–16 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N 1-A) — 56–42 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 20105259D
introduction - 2020-01-14 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-01-27 Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-29 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-30 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-30 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-30 Passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
passage - 2020-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-02-11 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2020-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- 2020-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-18 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-19 Passed House (57-Y 42-N 1-A)
passage - 2020-02-19 VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N 1-A)
- 2020-02-24 Enrolled
- 2020-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-25 Signed by President
- 2020-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
- 2020-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
- 2020-03-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d42bc988-3599-44eb-ad60-224d64129fda. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).