HB 1775 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Divorce; adultery, filing, parties living separate and apart.

Summary
Divorce; adultery; filing; parties living separate and apart. Specifies that a divorce may be decreed on the grounds of adultery, provided that such adultery occurred prior to the final separation of the parties. The bill further allows for a divorce from bed and board to be decreed on the application of either party upon the parties living separate and apart; under current law, a divorce from bed and board may only be decreed for cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, willful desertion, or abandonment. The bill specifies that no waiting period is required for the filing of such a divorce, but the decree of such a divorce may only be decreed pursuant to certain requirements otherwise specified in the law.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Vetoed
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Enrolled · 3 edits · Feb 22, 2025
MINOR
This bill transitions HB 1775 from its original introduced version to its enrolled (final) version, primarily changing the document format and presentation while maintaining the same substantive divorce law provisions. The core legal text remains unchanged, with no modifications to divorce grounds, waiting periods, or eligibility criteria.
Scope change
No substantive scope change; the bill's applicability to divorce proceedings in Virginia remains the same
TECHNICAL

Document formatting changed from 'Introduced' version to 'Enrolled' version with different header layouts, page numbering, and approval markings

Added official bill identifier 'HB1775ER' and approval language indicating the bill has been enacted by the General Assembly

ELIGIBILITY

No changes to divorce grounds, waiting periods, or eligibility requirements for divorce proceedings

Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 23, 2025

How they voted

360
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Feb 14, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
15 Yea 4
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Apr 2, 2025
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Feb 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1775ER)
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (59-Y 38-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 6-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors