republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-994.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Marriage; establishes legal age to be 18 years.	Legal age for marriage. Establishes the legal age of marriage to be 18 years of age and eliminates the ability for a minor to be declared emancipated on the basis of the intent to marry. The bill contains a reenactment clause.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 994	Virginia HB 994 (2024)	bill		enacted	Karen Keys-Gamarra	4	36	8	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d660cd88-6c75-4551-a2e9-fa6fd8104ebf	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB994	2b23690db60de22fd76107a54fa187bf51a5fa03cb5341b7ceb949febf1d1d6e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 994 (2024) — Marriage; establishes legal age to be 18 years.

Legal age for marriage. Establishes the legal age of marriage to be 18 years of age and eliminates the ability for a minor to be declared emancipated on the basis of the intent to marry. The bill contains a reenactment clause.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0737 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB994ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104849D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24104849D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption #2 (57-Y 40-N) — 56–40 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N 1-A) — 54–42 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (11-Y 0-N 4-A) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) — 54–42 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Karen Keys-Gamarra — primary (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104849D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB994E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24104849D-E
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 42-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (11-Y 0-N 4-A) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-03-05 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-03-05 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 1-N) passage
• 2024-03-06 Senate amendment agreed to by House (55-Y 42-N 1-A) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N 1-A)
• 2024-03-06 Reconsideration of Senate amendment agreed to by House amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 Senate amendment agreed to by House (57-Y 40-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 VOTE: Adoption #2 (57-Y 40-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB994ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 737 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0737)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d660cd88-6c75-4551-a2e9-fa6fd8104ebf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).