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2004 SESSION
HB 20 Marriage rites; persons who may perform.
Introduced by: James M. Scott | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Persons who may perform marriage rites. Allows circuit court judges to appoint persons who are residents of the circuit in which the judge sits to perform marriages anywhere in the Commonwealth. Legislation enacted in 2003 limited the area to the jurisdiction in which the person resides. Prior to the 2003 legislation, a judge could appoint a person who resided in the jurisdiction for which the court was held to perform a marriage anywhere in the Commonwealth. The bill has an emergency clause. This bill is nearly identical to SB 274: it differs in containing an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 11/19/03 041104500 pdf
- 03/26/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB20ER) pdf
- 04/20/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0612) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 11/19/03 041104500
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/09/04 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/04 House: Read first time
- 02/12/04 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/13/04 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/16/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/04 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/04 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amds (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/20/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/23/04 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/04 Senate: Read third time
- 02/24/04 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/24/04 Senate: Committee amendment #1 rejected
- 02/24/04 Senate: Committee amendment #2 agreed to
- 02/24/04 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/24/04 Senate: Amendment by Sen. Cuccinelli agreed to
- 02/24/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/24/04 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/26/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/27/04 House: Senate amendments rejected by House (29-Y 71-N)
- 02/27/04 House: VOTE: REJECTED EMERGENCY (29-Y 71-N)
- 03/02/04 Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/04 Senate: VOTE: INSIST & REQUEST (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/04 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/03/04 House: House acceded to request
- 03/04/04 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/04/04 House: Delegates: Scott, J.M., Athey, Kilgore
- 03/04/04 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/04/04 Senate: Senators: Devolites, Edwards, Cuccinelli
- 03/11/04 House: Conference report agreed to by House (90-Y 9-N)
- 03/11/04 House: VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (90-Y 9-N)
- 03/11/04 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/04 Senate: VOTE: CONF. COMMITTEE RPT. (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/04 House: Emergency clause added
- 03/26/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB20ER)
- 03/26/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/26/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/29/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/12/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 612 (effective 4/12/04)
- 04/20/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0612)