Divorce; adultery, filing, parties living separate and apart, report.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact §§ 20-91 and 20-95 of the Code of Virginia, relating to divorce; adultery; filing; parties living separate and apart<em style="">; work group; report</em>.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Divorce; adultery; filing; parties living separate and apart; work group; report. 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 hu
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 9, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 918 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.
Recorded votes
Senate amendments agreed to by House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-11 · P · Y 64, N 34, X 1
Passed Senate with amendments (24-Y 16-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-10 · P · Y 24, N 16
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-09 · P · Y 40
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (12-Y 1-N 1-A)Senate · 2026-03-05 · P · Y 12, N 1, X 1, A 1
Read third time and passed House (67-Y 31-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-10 · P · Y 67, N 31, X 2
Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 6-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-04 · P · Y 16, N 6
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-28 · P · Y 6, X 3, N 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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