Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 249

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: Passed on February 13 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-02-13 - Agreed to by House (58-Y 34-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage between two adult persons; 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provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015).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 prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from denying the issuance of a marriage license to two adult persons seeking a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of such persons. The Commonwealth and its political subdivisions are required to recognize any lawful marriage between two adult persons and to treat such marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex, gender, or race of such persons.

Constitutional amendment; marriage between two adult persons.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Danica Roem [D]
Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]
Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Dave Marsden [D]
Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]	Sen. Stella Pekarsky [D]	Sen. Russet Perry [D]	Sen. Aaron Rouse [D]
Sen. Saddam Salim [D]	Sen. Kannan Srinivasan [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]	Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg [D]
Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2025-02-13 - House - Agreed to by House (58-Y 34-N) (Y: 58 N: 34 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2025-02-13 - House - Agreed to by House (56-Y 35-N) (Y: 56 N: 35 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2025-02-07 - House - Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 6-N) (Y: 15 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-21 - Senate - Read third time and agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N) (Y: 24 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-14 - Senate - Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-13	House	Agreed to by House (58-Y 34-N)
2025-02-13	House	Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
2025-02-13	House	Agreed to by House (56-Y 35-N)
2025-02-13	House	Taken up
2025-02-12	House	Passed by for the day
2025-02-07	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 6-N)
2025-02-04	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2025-01-21	Senate	Read third time and agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N)
2025-01-20	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2025-01-17	Senate	Passed by for the day
2025-01-16	Senate	Read first time
2025-01-14	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 4-N)
2024-11-25	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2024-11-25	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100123D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SJ249
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SJ249/text/SJ249
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SJ249/20251/S08V72
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SJ249/20251/SV91
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SJ249/20251/H18V2512393
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SJ249/20251/2518739
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SJ249/20251/2518741