Virginia House Bill 273 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 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 (Prefiled) [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. David Reid [D]

Del. Joshua Thomas [D]

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
2024-01-05	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-05	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100060D

HB273 (Carry Over) 2024-01-26 - Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+sum+HB273
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?251+ful+HB273+hil