Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 255 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 7 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about all matters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, or otherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified by a compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictive means. The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action against an individual for exercising the individual's right to reproductive freedom or for aiding another individual in the exercise of such right, unless justified by a compelling state interest.

Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference).

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. George Barker [D]	Sen. John Bell [D]
Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]
Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]
Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]
Sen. Aaron Rouse [D]	Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2023-02-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) (Y: 21 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-02-17	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
2023-02-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-02-13	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-07	Senate	Read third time and agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
2023-02-06	Senate	Passed by for the day
2023-02-03	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2023-02-02	Senate	Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-31	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 5-N)
2023-01-20	Senate	Assigned to P&E sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2023-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100026D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SJ255
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SJ255+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S08V0047+SJ0255
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0213SJ0255+SJ0255
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0382SJ0255+SJ0255
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0233+SJ0255