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Bill Marriage; persons who may celebrate rites, authorizes current members of the General Assembly. Persons who may celebrate rites of marriage; members of the General Assembly; statewide elected officials. Authorizes any current member of the General Assembly and the current Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General to celebrate the rites of marriage anywhere in the Commonwealth without the necessity of bond or order of authorization. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 SB 1142 Virginia SB 1142 (2021)
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Virginia SB 1142 (2021) — Marriage; persons who may celebrate rites, authorizes current members of the General Assembly.

Persons who may celebrate rites of marriage; members of the General Assembly; statewide elected officials. Authorizes any current member of the General Assembly and the current Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General to celebrate the rites of marriage anywhere in the Commonwealth without the necessity of bond or order of authorization.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0087 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101298D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB1142ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB1142S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 1-N 2-A) — 111 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 4-N 1-A) — 334 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101298D introduction
  • 2021-01-05 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2021-01-18 Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 1-N 2-A) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-20 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-01-20 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-20 Passed by for the day
  • 2021-01-21 Floor substitute printed 21103442D-S1 (Ebbin)
  • 2021-01-21 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-01-21 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2021-01-21 Substitute by Senator Ebbin agreed to 21103442D-S1
  • 2021-01-21 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1142S1
  • 2021-01-22 Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 4-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-02 Placed on Calendar
  • 2021-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
  • 2021-02-11 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
  • 2021-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-17 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-19 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-22 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-22 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-22 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-24 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-24 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
  • 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 87 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a11b22f-fd7d-498d-abc6-b040a82827a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).