Virginia House Bill 703 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0457)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Legal age for marriage; 18 years of age. Provides that both parties to a marriage must be 18 years of age or older or emancipated at the time of solemnization by removing exceptions that allow marriage at a minimum age of 16 with the consent of the parent or guardian or younger than 16 in the case of pregnancy and with the consent of the parent or guardian and provides that marriages entered into in violation of this law are voidable. The bill also allows a minor to petition the juvenile and domestic relations district court for emancipation based on such minor's desire to enter into a marriage. The bill provides that, to allow emancipation based on such minor's desire to enter into a marriage, the court must make certain written findings, including that it is the minor's own will to enter into the marriage, that the individuals to be married are mature enough to make a decision to marry, that the marriage will not endanger the safety of the minor, and that it is in the best interests of the minor to be emancipated.

Legal age for marriage; emancipation petitions for minors intending to marry, etc.

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

Del. Christopher Peace [R]

2016-03-07 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (66-Y 30-N) (Y: 68 N: 31 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 8-N) (Y: 32 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N) (Y: 37 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (33-Y 7-N) (Y: 33 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-16 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (66-Y 33-N) (Y: 68 N: 34 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 3-N) (Y: 20 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0457)
2016-03-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 457 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
2016-03-11	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/11/16
2016-03-10	Senate	Signed by President
2016-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-03-08	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB703ER)
2016-03-08	House	Enrolled
2016-03-07	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (66-Y 30-N)
2016-03-07	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 16105553D-S1 (66-Y 30-N)
2016-03-04	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-03-03	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 8-N)
2016-03-03	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
2016-03-03	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (33-Y 7-N)
2016-03-03	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB703S1
2016-03-03	Senate	Read third time
2016-03-02	Senate	Passed by for the day
2016-03-02	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 16105553D-S1
2016-03-02	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2016-03-02	Senate	Read third time
2016-03-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	Senate	Committee substitute printed 16105553D-S1
2016-02-29	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
2016-02-17	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-02-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2016-02-16	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (66-Y 33-N)
2016-02-16	House	Read third time and passed House (66-Y 33-N)
2016-02-15	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB703H1
2016-02-15	House	Committee substitute agreed to 16105169D-H1
2016-02-15	House	Read second time
2016-02-12	House	Read first time
2016-02-10	House	Committee substitute printed 16105169D-H1
2016-02-10	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
2016-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N)
2016-01-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
2016-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101766D

SB415 (Same As) 2016-03-29 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0543)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	331.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB703
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB703+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB703H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB703S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB703ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0457+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H0802V0071+HB0703
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H08V0157+HB0703
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0649+HB0703
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0343+HB0703
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0754HB0703+HB0703
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0827HB0703+HB0703
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0828HB0703+HB0703
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0829HB0703+HB0703
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV1224+HB0703