Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 1 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on November 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-16 - Continued to 2019 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)
Pending: Senate Privileges and Elections 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 The provisions of this section of the Constitution of Virginia are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (June 26, 2015).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).

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

Sen. John Cosgrove [R]

2018-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2019 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-16	Senate	Continued to 2019 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)
2017-11-20	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2017-11-20	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101138D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SJ1
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SJ1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S08V0001+SJ0001