Virginia 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SJ 1 — Constitutional amendment; fundamental right to reproductive freedom (first reference).

Last action — Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

In plain language

The bill proposes a constitutional amendment for reproductive freedom in Virginia.

This amendment would establish a fundamental right to reproductive freedom in Virginia, protecting individuals' decisions regarding pregnancy. It prohibits the Commonwealth from interfering in these rights unless there is a compelling state interest.

Summary

Constitutional amendment (first reference);fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that everyindividual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom andthat the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about allmatters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, orotherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified bya compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictivemeans. The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action against an individualfor exercising the individual's right to reproductive freedom orfor aiding another individual in the exercise of such right, unlessjustified by a compelling state interest.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)

  2. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100511D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 15 co-sponsors · 130 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (15)

Not signed on (130)

130 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 0-N)

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14000
Total 14000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Aaron R. Rouse — Yea
Bill DeSteph — Yea
Carroll Foy, Jennifer D. — Yea
Ebbin, Adam P. — Yea
Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — Yea
J.D. "Danny" Diggs — Yea
McGuire, John J., III — Yea
R. Creigh Deeds — Yea
Russet Perry — Yea
Saddam Azlan Salim — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Yea
Subramanyam, Suhas — Yea
T. Travis Hackworth — Yea
Tara A. Durant — Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SJ 1 do?
Constitutional amendment (first reference);fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that everyindividual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom andthat the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about allmatters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, orotherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified bya compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictivemeans. The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action against an individualfor exercising the individual's right to reproductive freedom orfor aiding another individual in the exercise of such right, unlessjustified by a compelling state interest.
Who sponsors SJ 1?
SJ 1 is sponsored by Jennifer B. Boysko, L. Louise Lucas, Mamie E. Locke, Barbara A. Favola, Lashrecse D. Aird, R. Creigh Deeds, David W. Marsden, Jeremy S. McPike, Stella G. Pekarsky, Aaron R. Rouse, Saddam Azlan Salim, Scott A. Surovell, Angelia Williams Graves, Irene Shin, Marcus B. Simon, Adam P. Ebbin, Ghazala F. Hashmi, and Jennifer D. Carroll Foy.
What is the current status of SJ 1?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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