US Congress Senate Joint Resolution 12 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to marriage. Grants the United States and each state, territory, and possession the power to define marriage as limited to the union of one man and one woman. Declares that: (1) nothing in this constitution shall be construed to require that marriage or its legal incidents be conferred upon any union other than the union of one man and one woman or to require that a state recognize a marriage that was licensed in another state; and (2) no decision or order of any court to the contrary, including any decision or order issued before the date of ratification, shall have any force or effect.

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to marriage.

Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-23	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/12/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/sjres12/BILLS-114sjres12is.pdf