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HJR 3Constitutional amendment (second reference); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry.

VA 20261 session

Constitutional amendment (second reference); marriage between two adult persons; 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provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges , 576 U.S. 644 (2015).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 prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from denying the issuance of a marriage license to two adult persons seeking a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of such persons. The Commonwealth and its political subdivisions are required to recognize any lawful marriage between two adult persons and to treat such marriages equally under the law, regardless of the sex, gender, or race of such persons.

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Sponsors (76)
Action timeline (22)
  1. · house · H4020
  2. · house · H1801
  3. · house · H1805
  4. · house · H4151
  5. · house · H4600
  6. · house · H5003
  7. · senate · S0801
  8. · senate · S0805
  9. · senate · S4120
  10. · senate · S8123
  11. · senate · S4130
  12. · senate · S4200
  13. · senate · S4230
  14. · senate · S5100
  15. · senate · S5130
  16. · house · H5601
  17. · senate · S5620
  18. · house · H5620
  19. · G7050
  20. · house · H7065
  21. · G9998
  22. · G9998
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Who matters on this bill

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Mark D. Sickles (D, state_lower VA)sponsor05
2Adam P. Ebbin (D, state_upper VA)cosponsor01
3Adele Y. McClure (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
4Alex Q. Askew (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
5Alfonso H. Lopez (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
6Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
7Angelia Williams Graves (D, state_upper VA)cosponsor01
8Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
9Barbara A. Favola (D, state_upper VA)cosponsor01
10Betsy B. Carr (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
11Bonita G. Anthony (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
12Briana D. Sewell (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
13C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
14Candi Mundon King (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
15Charniele L. Herring (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
16Dan I. Helmer (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
17Danica A. Roem (D, state_upper VA)cosponsor01
18David A. Reid (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
19David L. Bulova (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
20Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
21Delores L. McQuinn (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
22Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
23Don Scott (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
24Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
25Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor01
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Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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