Virginia House Bill 863 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 30 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-02 - Failed to report (defeated) in Judiciary (7-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Persons other than ministers who may celebrate rites of marriage; filing of the marriage record. Provides that a marriage license application shall allow parties to a marriage to designate an officiant to celebrate the rites of marriage, provided that such officiant is not younger than 18 years of age and is not a party to the marriage. The bill provides that a license issued with such designation shall serve as authorization for such officiant to celebrate the rites of marriage anywhere in the Commonwealth without the necessity of bond or further order of authorization. The bill removes the bond requirement for a person chosen by a religious society having no ordained minister to complete the certification of marriage. The bill further removes confinement in jail from the penalty for celebrating a marriage without a license. The bill also removes confinement in jail from the penalty for a clerk knowingly issuing a marriage license contrary to law. The bill further allows either the officiant or a party to the marriage to file the marriage record with the State Registrar within five days after the ceremony. Under current law, the officiant is required to file such a record, but a party to the marriage is not allowed to do so.

Persons other than ministers who may celebrate rites of marriage; filing of the marriage record.

Del. Mark Levine [D]

2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Judiciary (7-Y 7-N) (Y: 7 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-02	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Judiciary (7-Y 7-N)
2020-03-02	Senate	Committee substitute printed to LIS only 20108942D-S1
2020-02-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-01-31	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2020-01-30	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB863H1
2020-01-30	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20106249D-H1
2020-01-30	House	Read second time
2020-01-29	House	Read first time
2020-01-27	House	Committee substitute printed 20106249D-H1
2020-01-27	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2020-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104581D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	267	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB863
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB863+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB863H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB863S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0802V0023+HB0863
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0060+HB0863
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0277+HB0863
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0451+HB0863