Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 251 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 16 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-09 - Incorporates SJ279 (Edwards)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [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 The provisions of this section of the Constitution of Virginia are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (June 26, 2015).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]

2019-01-09 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 7-N) (Y: 7 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-09	Senate	Incorporates SJ279 (Edwards)
2019-01-09	Senate	Committee substitute printed to LIS Only 19104458D-S1
2019-01-09	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 7-N)
2018-07-16	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2018-07-16	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100121D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SJ251
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SJ251+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SJ251S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S08V0037+SJ0251