Noncitizens of the United States; removes certain terminology in the Code of Va.
Summary
Noncitizens of the United States; terminology.Removes the term "alien" as it pertains to persons who are not citizensor nationals of the United States and replaces it with synonymouslanguage, as appropriate, throughout the Code of Virginia.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
Apr 2022
Vetoed
May 2022
Introduced Jan 12, 2022
Vetoed May 27, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 25, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2022
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Feb 25, 2022
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
37
Key actions
12
Committee
10
May 27, 2022
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Apr 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Apr 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 48-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 25, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-0-1)
senate
Feb 23, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 4-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (78-Y 19-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB891H1
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22106414D-H1
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100335D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
LG
Liz Guzmán
DDemocratic
Co
Shelly Simonds
DDemocratic
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