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| Bill | No-fault divorce; corroboration requirement. | No-fault divorce; corroboration requirement.Removes the corroborating witness requirement for no-fault divorces. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 1911 | Virginia HB 1911 (2021) |
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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.
- CHAP0194 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21104489D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1911ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100782D (committee substitute) — source
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; origin ocd-bill/50358ffe-37f2-4cc7-8675-013a1e42be3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).