SB 1095 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Foreign protective orders in cases of family abuse; enforcement.

Summary
Foreign protective orders in cases of family abuse; enforcement. Clarifies that the same criminal penalty applies for any person who violates the provisions of a foreign protective order in a case of family abuse that is accorded full faith and credit and is enforceable in the Commonwealth as if it were an order of the Commonwealth. This bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council of Virginia and is identical to HB 1781.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 2 edits
MINOR
This bill marks the formal enactment of SB 1095, converting the enrolled legislation into a chapter of the Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive legal text regarding protective order violations remains unchanged from the previous version, with only formatting and layout adjustments made to comply with official publication standards.
TECHNICAL

Layout and formatting were adjusted to match official state publication standards, including adding chapter number, approval date, and session identifiers.

The bill text was reorganized with additional spacing and line breaks to conform to the Virginia Acts of Assembly publication format.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 17, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 17, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 560 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1095ER)
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors