HB151: Name change; proof that applicant is citizen of United States.
Chief Patron
Del.
Lynwood Lewis (D-100)
Lynwood Lewis
(D-100)
Accomac, VA
Served: 2004–
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Status
02/20/2008: Passed the Senate
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- 12/21/2007 Committee
- 12/21/2007 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088328596
- 12/21/2007 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 01/21/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (20-Y 1-N)
- 01/21/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (20-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/23/2008 Read first time
- 01/24/2008 Read second time
- 01/24/2008 Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/24/2008 Engrossed by House as amended HB151E
- 01/24/2008 Printed as engrossed 088328596-E
- 01/25/2008 Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N)
- 01/25/2008 VOTE: --- PASSAGE (94-Y 3-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/25/2008 Communicated to Senate
- 01/28/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/28/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/18/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (8-Y 7-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/19/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/20/2008 Read third time
- 02/20/2008 Reading of amendments waived
- 02/20/2008 Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/20/2008 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/20/2008 Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/20/2008 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/20/2008 Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/21/2008 Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/2008 Passed by for the day
- 02/25/2008 Senate amendments rejected by House (4-Y 92-N)
- 02/25/2008 VOTE: --- REJECTED (4-Y 92-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/27/2008 Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/27/2008 Senate requested conference committee
- 02/28/2008 House acceded to request
- 02/29/2008 Conferees appointed by House
- 02/29/2008 Delegates: Lewis, Griffith, Miller, J.H.
- 03/03/2008 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/03/2008 Senators: Petersen, Barker, Locke
- 03/13/2008 No further action taken
- 03/13/2008 Failed to pass in House
Summary
Name change; proof that the applicant is a citizen of
Virginia. Requires that every application for a change of name contain
proof that the applicant is a citizen of the Commonwealth.
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Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight
has video: 01/10/2008, 01/21/2008, 01/21/2008, 01/23/2008, 01/23/2008, 01/24/2008, 01/24/2008, 01/25/2008, 01/28/2008, 02/12/2008, 02/19/2008, 02/19/2008, 02/20/2008, 02/21/2008, 02/22/2008, 02/22/2008, 02/25/2008, 02/28/2008, 02/28/2008 and 02/29/2008.
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Comments
There is no such thing as a "citizen of the Commonwealth," and it is unclear what the patron's intent is here nor why such legislation is needed.
Update: The bill was amended to "citizen of the United States" in committee and specific documents are not required to prove citizenship, excluding a passport. No rationale was offered for excluding lawful permanent residents and others in the US legally from use of the court system for name changes. It would be difficult to articulate a rational basis sufficient to defend the statute as now written from a constitutional attack.
This is another of the bills introduced this session that demonstrate that much of the immigration debate is not, in fact, about lawful presence, but is about status as an immigrant, documented or undocumented.
This bill denies legal permanent residents and other lawfully present aliens access to the courts to seek a name change. There is a question whether this legislation is constitutional.