Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 9 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on December 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-12-02 - 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 The provisions of this section of the Constitution of Virginia are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (June 26, 2015).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. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]
Sen. Louise Lucas [D]

2016-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2017 in Privileges and Elections (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-12-02	Senate	Left in Privileges and Elections
2016-01-19	Senate	Continued to 2017 in Privileges and Elections (12-Y 0-N)
2015-12-16	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2015-12-16	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101019D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SJ9
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SJ9+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S08C0016+SJ0009