republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-649.md

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Bill	Vital records; birth certificates, adoption, members of the military.	Vital records; birth certificates; adoption; members of the military. Directs the State Registrar to expedite issuance of a new birth certificate upon receipt of certain documentation for a person born in the Commonwealth if at least one adoptive parent is an active duty or retired member of the military or military reserves. The bill directs the court decreeing the adoption to deliver such records to the State Registrar no later than five business days from such decree. This bill is identical to SB 325.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 649	Virginia HB 649 (2024)	bill		enacted	Carrie E. Coyner	4	31	6	2024-01-09	2024-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/5d0f7eb1-d977-45e8-a290-c34c12a5dec2	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB649	f5a3610c027f4b6b22b2b23a73129e907ae24d3dd2b0fd365e60f07d92251152	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 649 (2024) — Vital records; birth certificates, adoption, members of the military.

Vital records; birth certificates; adoption; members of the military. Directs the State Registrar to expedite issuance of a new birth certificate upon receipt of certain documentation for a person born in the Commonwealth if at least one adoptive parent is an active duty or retired member of the military or military reserves. The bill directs the court decreeing the adoption to deliver such records to the State Registrar no later than five business days from such decree. This bill is identical to SB 325.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0045 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105583D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB649ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104617D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carrie E. Coyner — primary (person)
• Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104617D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB649)
• 2024-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-01 Committee substitute printed 24105583D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Passed by for the day
• 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 24105583D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB649H1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB649H1)
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-19 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-22 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-22 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB649ER) passage
• 2024-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB649ER)
• 2024-02-22 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 45 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0045)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d0f7eb1-d977-45e8-a290-c34c12a5dec2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).