VA HB1311 | 2025 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Over of previous HB1311
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-26 - Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-26 - Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Divorce; cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment; divorce from bed and board. Eliminates the one-year waiting period for being decreed a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment by either party. The bill also repeals the provision allowing for a divorce from bed and board on the grounds of cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment. The provisions of the bill apply to suits for divorce filed on or after July 1, 2024.
Title
Divorce; cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-26 | House | Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| 2024-01-24 | House | Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote |
| 2024-01-23 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Civil |
| 2024-01-10 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-01-10 | House | Presented and ordered printed 24104162D |
Same As/Similar To
HB1311 (Carry Over) 2024-01-26 - Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
Subjects
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+sum+HB1311 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+HB1311+hil |
