Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 5 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 4 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-12-04 - Left in Privileges and Elections
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."

Constitutional amendment; marriage (first reference).

Sen. Janet Howell [D]

2014-01-14 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2015 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-04	Senate	Left in Privileges and Elections
2014-01-14	Senate	Continued to 2015 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)
2013-12-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2013-12-04	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101656D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+SJ5
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SJ5+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S08C0011+SJ0005