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2024 SESSION
HB 174 Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license.
Introduced by: Rozia A. Henson, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license. Provides that no person authorized to issue a marriage license shall deny the issuance of such license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill also requires that such lawful marriages be recognized in the Commonwealth regardless of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill provides that religious organizations or members of the clergy acting in their religious capacity shall have the right to refuse to perform any marriage. This bill is identical to SB 101.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102637D pdf
- 02/21/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB174ER) pdf
- 03/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/03/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102637D
- 01/03/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 01/17/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/19/24 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/23/24 House: Read first time
- 01/24/24 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/25/24 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/26/24 House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 40-N 1-A)
- 01/26/24 House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 40-N 1-A)
- 01/29/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/14/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (6-Y 5-N)
- 02/16/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/24 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 16-N 1-A)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
- 02/21/24 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB174ER)
- 02/21/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/01/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
- 03/01/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
- 03/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 21 (effective 7/1/24)
- 03/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021)