Nevada 2017 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 3 D cosponsors

AJR 2 — Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to require the recognition of all marriages regardless of gender. (BDR C-690)

Last action — File No. 17.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2017 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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.

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 25, 2017) SECOND REPRINT A.J.R.
Assembly Joint Resolution No.
2 A SSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION N O.
2–Assemblymen Araujo;
2–A SSEMBLYMEN A RAUJO;
Elliot Anderson, Bilbray-Axelrod, Brooks, Carrillo, Diaz, Joiner, Monroe-Moreno, Ohrenschall, Sprinkle, Swank, Thompson and Yeager Joint Sponsors:
E LLIOT ANDERSON , BILBRAY -AXELROD , BROOKS , C ARRILLO, DIAZ, JOINER, M ONROE -MORENO , O HRENSCHALL , SPRINKLE , S WANK , T HOMPSON AND Y EAGER PREFILED FEBRUARY 1, 2017 ____________ JOINT SPONSORS :
Senators Parks;
ENATORS PARKS ;
Cancela, Ford, Manendo, Ratti, Segerblom and Woodhouse FILE NUMBER..........
ANCELA , FORD, M ANENDO , RATTI, EGERBLOM , WOODHOUSE ____________ Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections SUMMARY—Proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to require the recognition of all marriages regardless of gender.
(BDR C-690) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
No.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
Section 21 of Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution provides that only a marriage between a male and a female person may be recognized and given effect in this State.
Section 21 of Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution provides that only a marriage between a male and a female person may be recognized and given effect to marry is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United Stateshat the right Constitution and that same-sex couples may not be deprived of that right.
The United States Supreme Court, however, held in 2015 that the right to marry is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and that same-sex couples may not be deprived of that right.
See Obergefell v.
See United States Constitution, federal constitutional law supersedes state constitutional law in most cases.
Hodges, 135 S.
Ct.
2584 (2015).
Under the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution, federal constitutional law supersedes state constitutional law in most cases.
2) As a result, Section 21 of Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution is not enforceable.
2) As a result, Section 21 of Article 1 of theThis resolution amends Section 21 of Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution to require the State of Nevada and its political subdivisions to recognize all marriages regardless of gender.
This resolution amends Section 21 of Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution to require the State of Nevada and its political subdivisions to recognize all marriages regardless of gender.
In addition, this resolution establishes the rights of religious organizations and members of the clergy to refuse to perform marriages on the basis of gender or other factors, and specifically provides that a person does not have a right to make a claim against a religious organization or member of the legally valid marriages must be treated equally under the law.ther provides that all EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
In addition, this resolution establishes the rights of religious organizations and members of the clergy to refuse to perform marriages on the basis of gender or other factors, and specifically provides that a person does not - *AJR2_R2* – 2 – have a right to make a claim against a religious organization or member of the legally valid marriages must be treated equally under the law.ther provides that all R ESOLVED BY THE A SSEMBLY AND S ENATE OF THE S TATE OF N EVADA , OINTLY , That Section 21 of Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution be amended to read as follows:
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
R ESOLVED BY THE A SSEMBLY AND SENATE OF THE S TATE OF N EVADA , JOINTLY , That Section 21 of Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution be amended to read as follows:
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Action History

  1. File No. 17.

  2. Enrolled and delivered to Secretary of State.

  3. Senate Amendment No. 515 concurred in. To enrollment.

  4. In Assembly.

  5. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 19, Nays: 2.) To Assembly.

  6. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for Monday, May 1, 2017.

  7. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  8. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint .

  9. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 515.) To printer.

  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

  11. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To committee.

  12. In Senate.

  13. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 14, Excused: 1.) To Senate.

  14. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint .

  15. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 23.) To printer.

  16. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.

  17. Read first time. To committee.

  18. From printer.

  19. Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections. To printer.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AJR 2?
AJR 2 is sponsored by Monroe-Moreno, Daniele (Democratic), Cancela, Parks, Ford, Sprinkle, Ohrenschall, James (Democratic), Manendo, Yeager, Steve (Democratic), ElliotAnderson, Chris Brooks, Tyrone Thompson, Amber Joiner, Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod, Joyce Woodhouse, Richard Carrillo, Tick Segerblom, Julia Ratti, Heidi Swank, Nelson Araujo, and Olivia Diaz.
What is the current status of AJR 2?
This bill died with 2017 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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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