Bill Text: VA SJR70 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Constitutional amendment; right to work (second reference).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0735) [SJR70 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-SJR70-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 735 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 70

 

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article I a section numbered 11-A, relating to the right to work.

 

Agreed to by the Senate, February 2, 2016 Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 8, 2016

 

WHEREAS, a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Virginia, hereinafter set forth, was agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly at the regular session of 2015 and referred to this, the next regular session held after the 2015 general election of members of the House of Delegates, as required by the Constitution of Virginia; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:

Amend the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article I a section numbered 11-A as follows:

ARTICLE I BILL OF RIGHTS

Section 11-A. Right to work.

Any agreement or combination between any employer and any labor union or labor organization whereby nonmembers of the union or organization are denied the right to work for the employer, or whereby such membership is made a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such employer, or whereby any such union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any enterprise, is against public policy and constitutes an illegal combination or conspiracy and is void.