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| Bill | Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; clerk may issue order. | Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; clerk; issuance of order; bond requirement. Provides that a clerk of a circuit court may issue an order authorizing one or more persons to celebrate the rites of marriage in the Commonwealth. Under current law, only a circuit court judge may issue such an order. The bill further makes discretionary the entrance into a bond in the penalty of $500 prior to performing the rites of marriage for a person authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage; under current law, such entry is mandatory. Finally, the bill civilly immunizes the clerk of any circuit court from a cause of action arising from the issuance or rescinding of such order, absent gross negligence or willful misconduct. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 905 | Virginia HB 905 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 905 (2026) — Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; clerk may issue order.
Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; clerk; issuance of order; bond requirement. Provides that a clerk of a circuit court may issue an order authorizing one or more persons to celebrate the rites of marriage in the Commonwealth. Under current law, only a circuit court judge may issue such an order. The bill further makes discretionary the entrance into a bond in the penalty of $500 prior to performing the rites of marriage for a person authorized to celebrate the rites of marriage; under current law, such entry is mandatory. Finally, the bill civilly immunizes the clerk of any circuit court from a cause of action arising from the issuance or rescinding of such order, absent gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Civil Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage R — 24–16 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 75–22 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 73–24 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 9–5 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104636D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 1-N)
- 2026-02-04 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 committee amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-09 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (75-Y 22-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-03-05 Senate committee offered
- 2026-03-05 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (9-Y 5-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 Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with amendments (24-Y 16-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-11 Senate amendments agreed to by House (73-Y 24-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB905ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 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 437 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0437)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63053771-89a4-4245-a4ce-81ccbe0e4737. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).