Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 7 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - 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." The provisions of this section of the Constitution of Virginia are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (June 26, 2015).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. John Edwards [D]

2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	Senate	Left in Privileges and Elections
2020-01-21	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
2019-11-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2019-11-18	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101155D

SJR7 (Carry Over) 2020-01-21 - Continued to 2021 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SJ7
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SJ7+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S08C0035+SJ0007