Bill Text: VA HJR492 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Constitutional amendment; right to work (first reference).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-05 - Left in Privileges and Elections [HJR492 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2025-HJR492-Introduced.html
2025 SESSION
INTRODUCED
25104827D
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 492
Offered January 15, 2025
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article I a section numbered 11-A, relating to the right to work.
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Patron—O'Quinn
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Committee Referral Pending
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RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence 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.
That it is unlawful for any person, corporation, association, or this Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions to deny or attempt to deny employment to any person because of such person's membership in, affiliation with, resignation from, or refusal to join or affiliate with any labor union or employee organization.
