Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 11

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-11-19 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage between two individuals; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry. Repeals the constitutional provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). The amendment provides that the right to marry is a fundamental right inherent in the liberty of persons and prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from denying the issuance of a marriage license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of such parties. The Commonwealth and its political subdivisions are required to recognize any lawful marriage between two parties and to treat such marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex, gender, or race of such parties. The amendment provides that religious organizations and clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuse to perform any marriage.

Constitutional amendment; marriage between two individuals.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Dave Marsden [D]
Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]	Sen. Stella Pekarsky [D]	Sen. Saddam Salim [D]	Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]
Del. Laura Jane Cohen [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Rozia Henson [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]

2024-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-11-19	Senate	Left in Privileges and Elections
2024-01-16	Senate	Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)
2024-01-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2024-01-03	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101222D

SJR11 (Carry Over) 2024-01-16 - Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SJ11
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SJR11/text/SJ11
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SJ11/text/SJ11
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SJ11/20251/S08V0008