Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 242 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first reference); 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 The provisions of this section of the Constitution of Virginia are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015).

Constitutional amendment; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition (first reference).

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]
Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

2023-02-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 1-N) (Y: 4 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N) (Y: 25 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Rules
2023-02-17	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 1-N)
2023-02-15	House	Assigned Rules sub: Amendments and Other Matters Subcommittee
2023-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2023-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-06	Senate	Read third time and agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N)
2023-02-03	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2023-02-02	Senate	Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-31	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 5-N)
2023-01-20	Senate	Assigned to P&E sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2023-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100429D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SJ242
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SJ242+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S08V0041+SJ0242
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0213SJ0242+SJ0242
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0286SJ0242+SJ0242
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2005V0008+SJ0242