SJR 1 — Constitutional amendment (second reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom.
VA 20261 session
Constitutional amendment (second reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that such right shall not be, directly or indirectly, denied, burdened, or infringed upon unless justified by a compelling state interest, as defined in the amendment, and achieved by the least restrictive means. The amendment specifies that, notwithstanding the other provisions of the amendment, the Commonwealth may regulate the provision of abortion care in the third trimester, provided that in no circumstance shall the Commonwealth prohibit an abortion (i) that in the professional judgment of a physician is medically indicated to protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant individual or (ii) when in the professional judgment of a physician the fetus is not viable.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (21)
- Jennifer B. Boysko (D, VA) — sponsor
- Lashrecse D. Aird (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lamont Bagby (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy (D, VA) — cosponsor
- R. Creigh Deeds (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
- L. Louise Lucas (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David W. Marsden (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jeremy S. McPike (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Stella G. Pekarsky (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Russet Perry (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Danica A. Roem (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Aaron R. Rouse (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Saddam Azlan Salim (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kannan Srinivasan (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Scott A. Surovell (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Angelia Williams Graves (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (30)
- · senate · S4020 —
- · senate · S0801 —
- · senate · S0805 —
- · senate · S4110 —
- · senate · S4120 —
- · senate · S8123 —
- · senate · S4200 —
- · senate · S4230 —
- · senate · S4230 —
- · senate · S8123 —
- · senate · S4200 —
- · senate · S4230 —
- · senate · S4230 —
- · senate · S4600 —
- · senate · S8123 —
- · senate · S4600 —
- · senate · S4230 —
- · senate · S4130 —
- · senate · S5003 —
- · house · H1801 —
- · house · H1805 —
- · house · H4151 —
- · house · H5130 —
- · senate · S5601 —
- · 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 | Jennifer B. Boysko (D, state_upper VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron R. Rouse (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Adam P. Ebbin (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Angelia Williams Graves (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Barbara A. Favola (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Danica A. Roem (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | David W. Marsden (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Ghazala F. Hashmi (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Jennifer D. Carroll Foy (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Jeremy S. McPike (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Kannan Srinivasan (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | L. Louise Lucas (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Lamont Bagby (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Lashrecse D. Aird (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Mamie E. Locke (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | R. Creigh Deeds (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Russet Perry (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Saddam Azlan Salim (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Schuyler T. VanValkenburg (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Scott A. Surovell (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Stella G. Pekarsky (D, state_upper 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