HB 556 VA

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State Registrar of Vital Records; final decree of divorce or annulment of marriage; necessary information. Specifies that the information necessary to enter a final decree of divorce or annulment of marriage shall include a party's social security number or control number issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles only if such information is known and available.

• Atoosa R. Reaser Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102321D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
3. Jan 21, 2026 Assigned sub: Health · lower
4. Jan 22, 2026 Referred from Health and Human Services and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote) · lower
5. Jan 22, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB556) · lower
6. Jan 26, 2026 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil · lower
7. Feb 2, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N) · lower
8. Feb 4, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106910D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 2-N) · lower
10. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
11. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · lower
12. Feb 9, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
13. Feb 9, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
14. Feb 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB556) · lower
15. Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed House (86-Y 11-N 0-A) · lower
16. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
17. Feb 11, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
18. Mar 5, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) · upper
19. Mar 9, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
20. Mar 9, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
21. Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
22. Mar 10, 2026 Read third time · upper
23. Mar 10, 2026 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
24. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
25. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB556ER) · lower
26. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
27. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB556) · lower
28. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
29. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
30. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
31. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 402 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
32. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0402) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Civil Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Civil Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML