Virginia House Bill 174 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-0)
Status: Passed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license. Provides that no person authorized to issue a marriage license shall deny the issuance of such license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill also requires that such lawful marriages be recognized in the Commonwealth regardless of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill provides that religious organizations or members of the clergy acting in their religious capacity shall have the right to refuse to perform any marriage.

Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license.

Del. Rozia Henson [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Bonita Anthony [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]
Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. David Bulova [D]	Del. Katrina Callsen [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]
Del. Laura Jane Cohen [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Rae Cousins [D]	Del. Michael Feggans [D]
Del. Debra Gardner [D]	Del. Jackie Glass [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Phil Hernandez [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Michael Jones [D]	Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]
Del. Amy Laufer [D]	Del. Destiny LeVere Bolling [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]
Del. Marty Martinez [D]	Del. Adele McClure [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Atoosa Reaser [D]	Del. Holly Seibold [D]	Del. Briana Sewell [D]
Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Joshua Thomas [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]
Del. Jeion Ward [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2024-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) (Y: 22 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) (Y: 21 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) (Y: 37 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 16-N 1-A) (Y: 22 N: 16 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (6-Y 5-N) (Y: 6 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-26 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 40-N 1-A) (Y: 54 N: 40 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2024-01-19 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-08		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021)
2024-03-08		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 21 (effective 7/1/24)
2024-03-01		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
2024-03-01	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
2024-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2024-02-21	House	Signed by Speaker
2024-02-21	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB174ER)
2024-02-21	House	Enrolled
2024-02-19	Senate	Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
2024-02-19	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2024-02-19	Senate	Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
2024-02-19	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
2024-02-19	Senate	Passed Senate (22-Y 16-N 1-A)
2024-02-19	Senate	Read third time
2024-02-16	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2024-02-14	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (6-Y 5-N)
2024-01-29	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2024-01-26	House	VOTE: Passage (54-Y 40-N 1-A)
2024-01-26	House	Read third time and passed House (54-Y 40-N 1-A)
2024-01-25	House	Passed by for the day
2024-01-24	House	Read second time and engrossed
2024-01-23	House	Read first time
2024-01-19	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 10-N)
2024-01-17	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2024-01-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2024-01-03	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-03	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102637D

SB101 (Similar To) 2024-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0760)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB174
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB174+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB174ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0021+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H0802V0002+HB0174
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H08V0021+HB0174
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0064+HB0174
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S13V0169+HB0174
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0451HB0174+HB0174
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0461HB0174+HB0174
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0462HB0174+HB0174
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0463HB0174+HB0174
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0468HB0174+HB0174
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0469HB0174+HB0174