Bill Text: VA SJR216 | 2017 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Constitutional amendment marriage; marriage (first reference).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-31 - Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections with letter (8-Y 6-N) [SJR216 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-SJR216-Comm_Sub.html
RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:
Repeal Section 15-A of Article I of the Constitution of Virginia as follows:
Section 15-A. Marriage.
That only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage
valid in or recognized by this Commonwealth and its political subdivisions.
This Commonwealth and its political subdivisions shall not
create or recognize a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals
that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of
marriage. Nor shall this Commonwealth or its political subdivisions create or
recognize another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is
assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage.
