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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Members of U.S. Armed Forces, etc.; domicile & residential requirements for annulment, etc."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1382"
citation: "Virginia HB 1382 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen R. \"Kacey\" Carnegie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c3bc576-91e7-47e1-beb2-2ab8c49bb041"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1382"
source_hash: "7c87b7e6dd8e61bfc4228294e2c60219e0f85caa3614302c353fbbb535efec0c"
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 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](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1092814.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218086.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199537.HTML)
4. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203337.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212499.PDF)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c3bc576-91e7-47e1-beb2-2ab8c49bb041`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).