Virginia House Joint Resolution 9 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-09 - Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [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provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015).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 prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from denying the issuance of a marriage license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of such parties. The Commonwealth and its political subdivisions are required to recognize any lawful marriage between two parties and to treat such marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex, gender, or race of such parties. The amendment provides that religious organizations and clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuse to perform any marriage. 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provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015).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 prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from denying the issuance of a marriage license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of such parties. The Commonwealth and its political subdivisions are required to recognize any lawful marriage between two parties and to treat such marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex, gender, or race of such parties. 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. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. David Bulova [D]	Del. Katrina Callsen [D]
Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Laura Jane Cohen [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]
Del. Rae Cousins [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Rozia Henson [D]	Del. Phil Hernandez [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Amy Laufer [D]
Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Marty Martinez [D]	Del. Adele McClure [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Holly Seibold [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Joshua Thomas [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Del. Rodney Willett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-09	House	Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
2024-01-03	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2024-01-03	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101382D

SJR11 (Similar To) 2024-01-16 - Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HJ9
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HJ9+hil