HJR 3 — Constitutional 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provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges , 576 U.S. 644 (2015).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.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (76)
- Mark D. Sickles (D, VA) — sponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Bonita G. Anthony (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alex Q. Askew (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David L. Bulova (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Betsy B. Carr (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Laura Jane Cohen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karrie K. Delaney (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lindsey Dougherty (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark C. Downey (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael B. Feggans (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lily V. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, VA) — cosponsor
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Dan I. Helmer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Phil M. Hernandez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charniele L. Herring (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael J. Jones (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Paul E. Krizek (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Amy J. Laufer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alfonso H. Lopez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- John Chilton McAuliff (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Adele Y. McClure (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Delores L. McQuinn (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Candi Mundon King (D, VA) — cosponsor
- May Nivar (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kimberly Pope Adams (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David A. Reid (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Don Scott (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Holly M. Seibold (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Briana D. Sewell (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcus B. Simon (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Shelly A. Simonds (D, VA) — cosponsor
- JJ Singh (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua E. Thomas (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Virgil Thornton (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Luke E. Torian (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jeion A. Ward (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Vivian E. Watts (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rodney T. Willett (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lashrecse D. Aird (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jennifer B. Boysko (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Adam P. Ebbin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Barbara A. Favola (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Ghazala F. Hashmi (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mamie E. Locke (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jeremy S. McPike (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Danica A. Roem (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Saddam Azlan Salim (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kannan Srinivasan (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Angelia Williams Graves (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (22)
- · house · H4020 —
- · house · H1801 —
- · house · H1805 —
- · house · H4151 —
- · house · H4600 —
- · house · H5003 —
- · senate · S0801 —
- · senate · S0805 —
- · senate · S4120 —
- · senate · S8123 —
- · senate · S4130 —
- · senate · S4200 —
- · senate · S4230 —
- · senate · S5100 —
- · senate · S5130 —
- · house · H5601 —
- · senate · S5620 —
- · house · H5620 —
- · G7050 —
- · house · H7065 —
- · G9998 —
- · 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.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark D. Sickles (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Adam P. Ebbin (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Adele Y. McClure (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Alex Q. Askew (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Alfonso H. Lopez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Angelia Williams Graves (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Barbara A. Favola (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Betsy B. Carr (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Bonita G. Anthony (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Briana D. Sewell (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Candi Mundon King (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Charniele L. Herring (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Dan I. Helmer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Danica A. Roem (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | David A. Reid (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | David L. Bulova (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Delores L. McQuinn (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Don Scott (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
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