Noncitizens of the United States; removes term aliens throughout Code.
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 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Vetoed
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Vetoed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2024
How they voted
21–19
Passed
Total votes 40
Mar 5, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
11
Committee
6
Apr 17, 2024
Vetoed
House rejected Governor's recommendation (0-Y 100-N)
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by House
lower
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB962ER)
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (53-Y 47-N)
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws (11-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (3-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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