Family Law - Grounds for Divorce
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 31, 2022
Last action Mar 18, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Mar 7, 2022
How they voted
118–7
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 130
Mar 7, 2022
D
Democratic90
95% Yea
R
Republican40
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Mar 16, 2022
Committee
Referred Judicial Proceedings
upper
Mar 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third Reading Passed
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
lower
Mar 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Favorable Report by Judiciary
lower
Mar 7, 2022
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (118-7-5)
house of delegates
Jan 31, 2022
Committee
First Reading Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Vanessa Atterbeary
DDemocratic
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