Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 220 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on August 2 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-31 - Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
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 The provisions of this section of the Constitution of Virginia are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (June 26, 2015).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 (first resolution); marriage.

Sen. Mamie Locke [D]

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

2017-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	Senate	Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
2017-01-20	Senate	Assigned to P&E sub: Constitutional Amendments
2016-08-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2016-08-02	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100230D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SJ220
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SJ220+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S08V0068+SJ0220