SJR 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provision defining marriage as only a union between one man and one woman as well as the related provisions that are no longer valid as a result of the United States Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges , 576 U.S. 644 (2015).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 (24)
- Adam P. Ebbin (D, VA) — sponsor
- Jennifer B. Boysko (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Danica A. Roem (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lashrecse D. Aird (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lamont Bagby (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy (D, VA) — cosponsor
- R. Creigh Deeds (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
- 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
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark D. Sickles (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (29)
- · senate · S4020 —
- · senate · S0801 —
- · senate · S0805 —
- · senate · S4110 —
- · senate · S4120 —
- · senate · S4162 —
- · senate · S8123 —
- · senate · S4200 —
- · senate · S4230 —
- · senate · S4600 —
- · senate · S4230 —
- · senate · S4600 —
- · senate · S4200 —
- · senate · S4600 —
- · senate · S4130 —
- · senate · S5003 —
- · senate · S4190 —
- · 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 | Adam P. Ebbin (D, state_upper VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Aaron R. Rouse (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Angelia Williams Graves (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Barbara A. Favola (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Danica A. Roem (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | David W. Marsden (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Ghazala F. Hashmi (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jennifer B. Boysko (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 | Joshua G. Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Kannan Srinivasan (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | L. Louise Lucas (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Lamont Bagby (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Lashrecse D. Aird (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Mamie E. Locke (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Mark D. Sickles (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | R. Creigh Deeds (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Russet Perry (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Saddam Azlan Salim (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Schuyler T. VanValkenburg (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Scott A. Surovell (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | 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