republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-325.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 HB 649.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 325	Virginia SB 325 (2024)	bill		enacted	Danica A. Roem	4	35	6	2024-01-09	2024-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/fcbd3fef-c643-4769-9b45-fe6a7defdc6b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB325	b735e2681aa5ff67c3111f1855adcda8bb0391b495574e83d817e6ed452bcde6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 325 (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 HB 649.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0119 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102890D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB325ER (committee substitute) — source
4. SB325S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Danica A. Roem — primary (person)
• Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
• Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102890D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-16 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-18 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-18 Committee substitute printed 24105501D-S1 substitution
• 2024-01-18 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB325)
• 2024-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB325S1)
• 2024-01-18 Substitute bill reprinted 24105501D-S1
• 2024-01-30 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-01 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 24105501D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-01 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB325S1 substitution
• 2024-02-02 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-20 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB325ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB325ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-29 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
• 2024-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 119 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-20 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0119)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fcbd3fef-c643-4769-9b45-fe6a7defdc6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).