Virginia House Joint Resolution 113 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-31 - Continued to 2021 in Rules by voice vote
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage. Proposes the repeal of the constitutional amendment dealing with marriage that was approved by referendum at the November 2006 election. That amendment to the Bill of Rights (i) defines marriage as "only a union between one man and one woman"; (ii) prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage"; and (iii) prohibits the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage." The provisions of this section of the Constitution of Virginia are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (June 26, 2015).

Constitutional amendment; marriage (first reference).

Del. Mark Sickles [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-31	House	Continued to 2021 in Rules by voice vote
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101437D

HJR113 (Carry Over) 2020-01-31 - Continued to 2021 in Rules by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HJ113
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HJ113+hil