Virginia House Joint Resolution 553 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage between two individuals; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of persons and requires the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions and agents to issue marriage licenses between two individuals, recognize marriages between two individuals, and treat all marriages between two individuals equally under the law, regardless of the sex or gender of the parties to the marriage. The amendment provides that religious organizations and clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuse to perform any marriage.

Constitutional amendment; marriage between two individuals.

Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]
Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Jackie Glass [D]
Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Sally Hudson [D]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]
Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Candi Mundon King [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]
Sen. Danica Roem [D]	Del. Don Scott [D]	Del. Holly Seibold [D]	Del. Briana Sewell [D]
Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]
Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg [D]	Del. Jeion Ward [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Del. Rodney Willett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2023-01-15	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2023-01-15	House	Presented and ordered printed 23103456D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HJ553
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HJ553+hil