HB 180 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports, eliminates requirement for identification of race.

Summary
Records of marriages; identification of race. Eliminates the requirement that the race of married parties be included in marriage records, divorce reports, and annulment reports filed with the State Registrar. The bill also removes the requirement that the State Registrar include race data in the compilation and posting of marriage, divorce, and annulment data. This bill incorporates HB 141, HB 1158, and HB 1425 and is identical to SB 62 and SB 1066.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Dec 26, 2019 Signed Mar 10, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
31
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Mar 10, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB180H1
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20105992D-H1
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Health
lower
Dec 26, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Dec 26, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101823D
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors