Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to marry, removes same-sex marriage prohibition. (HJ582)
Introduced By
Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria) with support from 7 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News), Del. Danica Roem (D-Manassas Park), Del. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Sterling), Del. Kathy Tran (D-Springfield)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
Description
Constitutional amendment (first reference); marriage; 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provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015).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 requires the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions and agents to issue marriage licenses, recognize marriages, and treat all marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex or gender of the parties to the marriage. Religious organizations and clergy acting in their religious capacity have the right to refuse to perform any marriage. This resolution incorporates HJ 539 and HJ 557. Read the Bill »
Status
02/19/2021: Passed the Senate
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/13/2021 | Presented and ordered printed 21102567D |
| 01/13/2021 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 01/20/2021 | Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments |
| 02/01/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N) |
| 02/03/2021 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/03/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21104282D-H1 |
| 02/03/2021 | Incorporates HJ539 (Levine) |
| 02/03/2021 | Incorporates HJ557 (Lopez) |
| 02/04/2021 | Taken up |
| 02/04/2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21104282D-H1 |
| 02/04/2021 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HJ582H1 |
| 02/04/2021 | Agreed to by House (60-Y 33-N) |
| 02/04/2021 | VOTE: Agree To (60-Y 33-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2021 | Reading waived |
| 02/05/2021 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/16/2021 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 4-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
| 02/18/2021 | Read second time |
| 02/19/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/19/2021 | Agreed to by Senate (22-Y 12-N) |
| 03/09/2021 | Enrolled |
| 03/09/2021 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ582ER) |
| 03/31/2021 | Assigned Chapter 517 (effective 7/1/21) |
| 03/31/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0517) |