republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-957.md

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Bill	Protective orders; military protective orders.	Protective orders; Military Protective Orders. Permits a court to issue a preliminary protective order upon evidence of a Military Protective Order issued by a commanding officer in the Armed Forces of the United States, the Virginia National Guard, or the National Guard of any other state in favor of the petitioner or the petitioner's family or household members. The bill provides that a Military Protective Order issued between the parties shall only be admissible or considered as evidence in accordance with the Code of Virginia, the Rules of Evidence of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or other relevant Virginia case law. The bill requires a law-enforcement agency, upon a defendant's violation of a protective order, if such Military Protective Order was issued against the same defendant as a protective order in a Virginia court and registered with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), to inform the military law-enforcement officer or agency that issued and entered the Military Protective Order into NCIC of such violation. This bill incorporates SB 751 and is identical to HB 1882.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 957	Virginia SB 957 (2025)	bill		enacted	Russet Perry	4	31	6	2025-01-06	2025-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/8fc673c5-cc59-4d14-8b09-ac8c460a29f5	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB957	420743e9b8878661d8013a72b6aedbfd73fc45b6547cd3cd0c3188f01eea7aba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 957 (2025) — Protective orders; military protective orders.

Protective orders; Military Protective Orders. Permits a court to issue a preliminary protective order upon evidence of a Military Protective Order issued by a commanding officer in the Armed Forces of the United States, the Virginia National Guard, or the National Guard of any other state in favor of the petitioner or the petitioner's family or household members. The bill provides that a Military Protective Order issued between the parties shall only be admissible or considered as evidence in accordance with the Code of Virginia, the Rules of Evidence of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or other relevant Virginia case law. The bill requires a law-enforcement agency, upon a defendant's violation of a protective order, if such Military Protective Order was issued against the same defendant as a protective order in a Virginia court and registered with the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), to inform the military law-enforcement officer or agency that issued and entered the Military Protective Order into NCIC of such violation. This bill incorporates SB 751 and is identical to HB 1882.

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. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Russet Perry — primary (person)
• J.D. "Danny" Diggs — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100371D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-01-29 Incorporates SB751(Diggs)
• 2025-02-03 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2025-02-03 Committee substitute printed 25105902D-S1 substitution
• 2025-02-04 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-02-04 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-04 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB957)
• 2025-02-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-13 Passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-18 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-18 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB957ER) passage
• 2025-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB957)
• 2025-02-18 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 217 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0217)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8fc673c5-cc59-4d14-8b09-ac8c460a29f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).