republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-1846.md

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Bill	Application for change of name; person required to register on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; victim notification.	Application for change of name; person required to register on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; victim notification. Requires the attorney for the Commonwealth to make a reasonable effort to notify the victim of an offense for which a person is required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry or such victim's immediate family member if such victim has died when such registrant applies for a change of name with the court. This bill is identical to SB 1157.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 1846	Virginia HB 1846 (2025)	bill		enacted	Jonathan "Jed" Arnold	3	24	6	2025-01-06	2025-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/97875d42-58fd-422c-968b-a6fff291ad17	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1846	29ff314921634c8e353a43e2f2901c3cbc15a56d3f560500821621b2562e99f5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1846 (2025) — Application for change of name; person required to register on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; victim notification.

Application for change of name; person required to register on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; victim notification. Requires the attorney for the Commonwealth to make a reasonable effort to notify the victim of an offense for which a person is required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry or such victim's immediate family member if such victim has died when such registrant applies for a change of name with the court. This bill is identical to SB 1157.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House (95-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jonathan "Jed" Arnold — primary (person)
• Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100605D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-01-17 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2025-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
• 2025-01-24 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-01-29 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2025-01-30 Read third time and passed House (95-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-01-31 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-07 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-07 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-12 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-12 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1846ER) passage
• 2025-02-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-15 Signed by President passage
• 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 206 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0206)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97875d42-58fd-422c-968b-a6fff291ad17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).