HB 2025 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Religious freedom; solemnization of marriage.

Summary
Provides that no person shall be (i) required to participate in the solemnization of any marriage or (ii) subject to any penalty by the Commonwealth, or its political subdivisions or representatives or agents, solely on account of such person's belief, speech, or action in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction that marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman. The bill defines "person" as any (a) religious organization; (b) organization supervised by or controlled by or operated in connection with a religious organization; (c) individual employed by a religious organization while acting in the scope of his paid or volunteer employment; (d) successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality of any of the foregoing; or (e) clergy member or minister. The bill also defines "penalty." This bill is identical to
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Vetoed
Apr 2017
Introduced Jan 10, 2017 Vetoed Apr 5, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
5
Apr 5, 2017
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto
legislature
Mar 23, 2017
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Feb 20, 2017
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (54-Y 38-N)
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (57-Y 37-N)
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2025E
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Amendment by Delegate Freitas agreed to
legislature
Jan 31, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Jan 16, 2017
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
legislature
Jan 10, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102190D
legislature
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors

Sponsors