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type: "Bill"
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title: "Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; current VA members of Congress."
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description: "Persons other than ministers who may performrites of marriage; current Virginia members of Congress. Addscurrent Virginia members of the United States Senate or United StatesHouse of Representatives to the list of persons who may celebratethe rites of marriage anywhere in the Commonwealth without the necessityof bond or order of authorization."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1126"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1126 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3945f7b2-30b3-4b05-af92-f4f28ac15b01"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1126"
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source_hash: "be77bedd73f33f30650bf65b9df30a54f6824cf75d3ceb24412044b212719dbf"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1126 (2024) — Persons other than ministers who may perform rites of marriage; current VA members of Congress.
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Persons other than ministers who may performrites of marriage; current Virginia members of Congress. Addscurrent Virginia members of the United States Senate or United StatesHouse of Representatives to the list of persons who may celebratethe rites of marriage anywhere in the Commonwealth without the necessityof bond or order of authorization.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0412** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0412)
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2. **HB1126ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1126ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102279D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1126)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) — **34–6** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102279D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-25** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-02** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-21** Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-27** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1126ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 412 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0412)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3945f7b2-30b3-4b05-af92-f4f28ac15b01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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