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| Bill | Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; issuance of order, etc. | Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; issuance of order, etc. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2023 | HB 2071 | Virginia HB 2071 (2023) |
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Virginia HB 2071 (2023) — Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; issuance of order, etc.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0789 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 23106508D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2071ER (committee substitute) — source
- HB2071ER2 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103344D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (30-Y 9-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 3-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 45-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 4-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (35-Y 5-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 37-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A) — 0–0 (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 36-N) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Lopez — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2023-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103344D
filing, introduction - 2023-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2023-01-19 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2023-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- 2023-01-23 Reported from Courts of Justice (17-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2023-01-25 Read first time
reading-1 - 2023-01-26 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2023-01-27 Read third time and passed House (52-Y 45-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2023-01-27 VOTE: Passage (52-Y 45-N)
passage - 2023-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2023-01-30 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2023-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB2071)
- 2023-02-08 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2023-02-08 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A)
committee-passage - 2023-02-08 Committee substitute printed 23106508D-S1
substitution - 2023-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2023-02-13 Read third time
reading-3 - 2023-02-13 Reading of substitute waived
- 2023-02-13 Committee substitute agreed to 23106508D-S1
substitution - 2023-02-13 Reading of amendment waived
- 2023-02-13 Amendment by Senator McClellan agreed to
amendment-passage - 2023-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB2071S1
substitution - 2023-02-13 Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (35-Y 5-N)
passage - 2023-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB2071S1)
- 2023-02-15 Senate substitute with amendment rejected by House 23106508D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
amendment-failure - 2023-02-15 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N)
- 2023-02-17 Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (30-Y 9-N)
substitution - 2023-02-17 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2023-02-20 Placed on Calendar
- 2023-02-20 House acceded to request
- 2023-02-21 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2023-02-21 Senators: Petersen, McClellan, Obenshain
- 2023-02-21 Conferees appointed by House
- 2023-02-21 Delegates: Lopez, Campbell, J.L., Ballard
- 2023-02-24 Amended by conference committee
- 2023-02-24 Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 4-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (59-Y 36-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2023-02-24 VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 36-N)
- 2023-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2023-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2071ER)
passage - 2023-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB2071ER)
- 2023-03-08 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2023-03-08 Signed by President
passage - 2023-03-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2023-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
executive-receipt - 2023-03-27 Governor's recommendation received by House
executive-veto-line-item - 2023-04-12 Placed on Calendar
- 2023-04-12 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (58-Y 37-N)
- 2023-04-12 VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 37-N)
- 2023-04-12 Passed by temporarily
- 2023-04-12 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
- 2023-04-12 Governor's recommendation adopted
executive-signature - 2023-04-12 Reenrolled
enrolled - 2023-04-12 Reenrolled bill text (HB2071ER2)
enrolled - 2023-04-12 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2023-04-12 Signed by President as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2023-04-12 Enacted, Chapter 789 (effective 7/1/23)
became-law - 2023-04-12 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0789)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fdce0210-b517-47c8-ba3a-2655d049e486. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).