VirginiaHB17752025 Regular SessionHouse

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

Sponsored By: Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (Democratic)

To Governor

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.

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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 166 • No: 47

Senate vote • 2/17/2025

Passed Senate

Yes: 36 • No: 2

Senate vote • 2/14/2025

Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading)

Yes: 36 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/12/2025

Reported from Courts of Justice

Yes: 12 • No: 0

House vote • 1/23/2025

Read third time and passed House

Yes: 59 • No: 38

House vote • 1/17/2025

Reported from Courts of Justice

Yes: 16 • No: 6

House vote • 1/15/2025

Subcommittee recommends reporting

Yes: 7 • No: 1 • Other: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. House sustained Governor's veto

    4/2/2025House
  2. Vetoed by Governor

    3/24/2025Governor
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025

    3/3/2025Governor
  4. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025

    3/3/2025House
  5. Signed by President

    2/22/2025Senate
  6. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1775ER)

    2/19/2025House
  7. Enrolled

    2/19/2025House
  8. Signed by Speaker

    2/19/2025House
  9. Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N)

    2/17/2025Senate
  10. Read third time

    2/17/2025Senate
  11. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)

    2/14/2025Senate
  12. Passed by for the day

    2/14/2025Senate
  13. Rules suspended

    2/14/2025Senate
  14. Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N)

    2/12/2025Senate
  15. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

    1/24/2025Senate
  16. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

    1/24/2025Senate
  17. Read third time and passed House (59-Y 38-N)

    1/23/2025House
  18. Read second time and engrossed

    1/22/2025House
  19. Read first time

    1/21/2025House
  20. Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 6-N)

    1/17/2025House
  21. Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)

    1/15/2025House
  22. Assigned Courts sub: Civil

    1/14/2025House
  23. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

    1/6/2025House
  24. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101164D

    1/6/2025House

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