VirginiaConstitutional amendment; marriage between two adult persons.
What it does
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provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015).
More detail
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 24Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0602)Latest
- Mar 24Assigned Chapter 602 (Effective 07/01/25)Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerPassed 2nd Chamber
- Mar 7Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ9ER)Passed 1st Chamber
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Jan 31Agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N)
- Vote recorded Agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 31Read third timeMinor
- Jan 30Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 30Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- Jan 30Rules suspended
- Jan 28Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Privileges and Elections (10-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 15Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Jan 15Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Jan 15Laid on Clerk's Desk
- Jan 15Received
- Jan 14Agreed to by House (58-Y 35-N 2-A)
- Vote recorded Agreed to by House (58-Y 35-N 2-A). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 14Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Jan 14Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
- Jan 14Taken up
- Jan 13Passed by for the day
- 2024
- Nov 13Committee substitute printed 25101510D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (16-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Nov 13Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (16-Y 5-N)Minor
- Feb 9Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
- Jan 3Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Jan 3Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101382DIntroduced
- Nov 13Committee substitute printed 25101510D-H1Major