republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-325.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vital records; birth certificates, adoption, members of the military."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 325"
citation: "Virginia SB 325 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danica A. Roem"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcbd3fef-c643-4769-9b45-fe6a7defdc6b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB325"
source_hash: "b735e2681aa5ff67c3111f1855adcda8bb0391b495574e83d817e6ed452bcde6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0119)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102890D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB325)
3. **SB325ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB325ER)
4. **SB325S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB325S1)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcbd3fef-c643-4769-9b45-fe6a7defdc6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).