Virginia House Bill 1311

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-11-18 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

Divorce; cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment.

Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Bonita Anthony [D]	Del. Katrina Callsen [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]
Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-11-18	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2024-01-26	House	Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
2024-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (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

HB1311 (Carry Over) 2024-01-26 - Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1311
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1311/text/HB1311