Virginia 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SJ 11 — Constitutional amendment; marriage between two individuals.

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

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
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    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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

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provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015). 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.

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 24101222D

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1 sponsors · 13 co-sponsors · 134 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (13)

Not signed on (134)

134 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

civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

What does SJ 11 do?
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). 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.
Who sponsors SJ 11?
SJ 11 is sponsored by Jennifer B. Boysko, David W. Marsden, Jeremy S. McPike, Stella G. Pekarsky, Saddam Azlan Salim, Angelia Williams Graves, Laura Jane Cohen, Joshua G. Cole, Rozia A. Henson, Jr., Patrick A. Hope, Ghazala F. Hashmi, Adam P. Ebbin, Sickles, Mark D., and Convirs-Fowler, Kelly K..
What is the current status of SJ 11?
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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