republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1382.md

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Bill	Members of U.S. Armed Forces, etc.; domicile & residential requirements for annulment, etc.	Domicile and residential requirements for annulment, affirmance, or divorce; members of the Armed Forces of the United States and civilian employees of the United States; return from station. Provides that, for the purposes of domicile requirements for annulment, affirmance, or divorce, any member of the Armed Forces of the United States or any civilian employee of the United States, including any foreign service officer, who (i) at the time the suit is filed, or immediately preceding such suit, has returned to the Commonwealth following being stationed in any territory or foreign country and (ii) resided or lived in in the Commonwealth for the six-month period immediately preceding his being stationed in such territory or country shall be deemed to have been domiciled in and to have been a bona fide resident of the Commonwealth during the six months preceding the filing of a suit for annulment or divorce.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1382	Virginia HB 1382 (2026)	bill		enacted	Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie	5	29	7	2026-01-21	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/8c3bc576-91e7-47e1-beb2-2ab8c49bb041	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1382	7c87b7e6dd8e61bfc4228294e2c60219e0f85caa3614302c353fbbb535efec0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1382 (2026) — Members of U.S. Armed Forces, etc.; domicile & residential requirements for annulment, etc.

Domicile and residential requirements for annulment, affirmance, or divorce; members of the Armed Forces of the United States and civilian employees of the United States; return from station. Provides that, for the purposes of domicile requirements for annulment, affirmance, or divorce, any member of the Armed Forces of the United States or any civilian employee of the United States, including any foreign service officer, who (i) at the time the suit is filed, or immediately preceding such suit, has returned to the Commonwealth following being stationed in any territory or foreign country and (ii) resided or lived in in the Commonwealth for the six-month period immediately preceding his being stationed in such territory or country shall be deemed to have been domiciled in and to have been a bona fide resident of the Commonwealth during the six months preceding the filing of a suit for annulment or divorce.

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 Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 97–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — primary (person)
• Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-21 Presented and ordered printed 26103535D introduction
• 2026-01-21 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1382)
• 2026-02-05 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 2-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1382ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1382)
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 469 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0469)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c3bc576-91e7-47e1-beb2-2ab8c49bb041. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).