Key Votes
SB 514 - Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage - Key Vote
North Carolina Key Votes
Bert Jones voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this legislation.
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Stages
- Sept. 13, 2011 Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- Sept. 12, 2011 House Bill Passed
- April 27, 2011 Senate Amendment Adopted
- April 5, 2011 Introduced
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Constitutional Amendment - Concurrence Vote Passed (Senate) (30-16) - Sept. 13, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage
Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a constitutional amendment establishing marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that North Carolina will recognize.
NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THREE-FIFTHS APPROVAL IN EACH CHAMBER FOR PASSAGE. IT MUST THEN BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF CITIZENS VOTING IN THE NEXT ELECTION TO BECOME ENACTED.
Constitutional Amendment - Bill Passed (House) (75-42) - Sept. 12, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage
Vote to pass a constitutional amendment establishing marriage between a man and a woman is the only domestic legal union that North Carolina will recognize.
NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THREE-FIFTHS APPROVAL IN EACH CHAMBER FOR PASSAGE. IT MUST THEN BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF CITIZENS VOTING IN THE NEXT ELECTION TO BECOME ENACTED.
Constitutional Amendment - Amendment Adopted (Senate) (49-0) - April 27, 2011
Title: Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage
NOTE: AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES THREE-FIFTHS APPROVAL IN EACH CHAMBER FOR PASSAGE. IT MUST THEN BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF CITIZENS VOTING IN THE NEXT ELECTION TO BECOME ENACTED.
Constitutional Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - April 5, 2011
Title: Constitutional Amendment to Define Marriage