SB 62 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

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

Summary

Marriage records; divorce and annulment reports; 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 SB 19 and is identical to HB 180 and SB 1066.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2019

Committee Review

Feb 2020

Senate Passage

Jan 2020

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2020

Signed into Law

Mar 2020

Introduced Nov 19, 2019 Signed Mar 10, 2020

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

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Committee

Mar 10, 2020

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 210 (effective 7/1/20)

executive

Feb 21, 2020

Lower · Passed

Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 18, 2020

Lower · Passed

Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 13, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

lower

Jan 21, 2020

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 20, 2020

Upper · Passed

Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB62S1

upper

Jan 20, 2020

Upper · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 20105900D-S1

upper

Jan 15, 2020

Upper · Passed

Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 8, 2020

Upper · Passed

Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name

upper

Nov 19, 2019

Committee

Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

upper

Nov 19, 2019

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100816D

upper

1 primary · 5 co-sponsors