republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-175.md

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Bill	Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; former statewide legislators.	Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; former statewide legislators and officials; clerk of a circuit court. Adds any (i) former member of the General Assembly; (ii) former Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General of the Commonwealth; or (iii) current or former clerk of a circuit court of the Commonwealth who is a resident of the Commonwealth to the list of persons who may perform the rites of marriage in the Commonwealth without the necessity of bond or order of authorization.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 175	Virginia SB 175 (2024)	bill		enacted	Bill DeSteph	4	34	8	2024-01-08	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/2d85f919-79b4-4cad-8175-ed538c895548	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB175	48c07e663262eb8f75a391cf2c3d63320b7d1ae310751a40b7e6021209a6a349	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 175 (2024) — Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; former statewide legislators.

Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; former statewide legislators and officials; clerk of a circuit court. Adds any (i) former member of the General Assembly; (ii) former Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General of the Commonwealth; or (iii) current or former clerk of a circuit court of the Commonwealth who is a resident of the Commonwealth to the list of persons who may perform the rites of marriage 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. CHAP0499 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101009D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24101009D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB175ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House amendment agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N) — 35–5 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (34-Y 3-N) — 34–3 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N) — 90–8 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
• Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101009D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-10 Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
• 2024-02-07 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-02-09 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB175E
• 2024-02-09 Printed as engrossed 24101009D-E
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (34-Y 3-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-28 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2024-02-28 Passed House with amendment (91-Y 8-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N) passage
• 2024-03-01 House amendment agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB175ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 499 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0499)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d85f919-79b4-4cad-8175-ed538c895548. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).