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type: "Bill"
title: "Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; person required to register, etc."
description: "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 HB 1846."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1157"
citation: "Virginia SB 1157 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d10d37e-61f1-4ef6-8294-e8755d6fea0c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1157"
source_hash: "97aceda43641d739fd1aeda6a512e7c047defa7c2f081a8ec8ad417e76d262e8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 1157 (2025) — Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry; person required to register, etc.
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 HB 1846.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018394.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072024.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051512.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
- Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
- Emily M. Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — cosponsor (person)
- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100818D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** 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 (SB1157ER) `passage`
- **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 220 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0220)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d10d37e-61f1-4ef6-8294-e8755d6fea0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).