Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 270 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on March 31 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-31 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0518)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage; 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provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015).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 requires the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions and agents to issue marriage licenses, recognize marriages, and treat all marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex or gender of the parties to the marriage. Religious organizations and clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuse to perform any marriage. Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage; 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provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015).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 requires the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions and agents to issue marriage licenses, recognize marriages, and treat all marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex or gender of the parties to the marriage. Religious organizations and clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuse to perform any marriage.

Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to marry, removes same-sex marriage prohibition.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2021-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 37-N) (Y: 60 N: 37 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 8-N) (Y: 14 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Agreed to by Senate (24-Y 12-N) (Y: 24 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Reading waived (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (19-Y 19-N) (Y: 19 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2021-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reading waived (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 4-N 2-A) (Y: 9 N: 4 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-31		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0518)
2021-03-31	House	Assigned Chapter 518 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-03-09	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ270ER)
2021-03-09	Senate	Enrolled
2021-02-15	House	VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 37-N)
2021-02-15	House	Agreed to by House (60-Y 37-N)
2021-02-15	House	Taken up
2021-02-10	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 8-N)
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
2021-02-07	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-02-07	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-05	Senate	Agreed to by Senate (24-Y 12-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Reading waived (37-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Title replaced 21100733D-S1
2021-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SJ270S1
2021-02-05	Senate	Chair votes Yea
2021-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to (19-Y 19-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2021-02-04	Senate	Reading waived (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21100733D-S1
2021-02-04	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 4-N 2-A)
2020-07-20	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-07-20	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100202D

SJR270 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SJ270
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SJ270+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SJ270S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SJ270ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0518+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S08C0057+SJ0270
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0318SJ0270+SJ0270
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0401SJ0270+SJ0270
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0402SJ0270+SJ0270
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0403SJ0270+SJ0270
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H18V0004+SJ0270
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1579+SJ0270