SB 41 - Prohibits State from Requiring Religious Organizations to Solemnize Certain Marriages - Virginia Key Vote
Ryan McDougle voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Senate Veto Override Failed
- April 20, 2016
- Executive Vetoed
- March 30, 2016
- Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- March 10, 2016
- Senate Concurrence Vote Failed
- March 10, 2016
- House Bill Passed
- March 9, 2016
- Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 12, 2016
- Introduced
- Dec. 15, 2015
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Title: Prohibits State from Requiring Religious Organizations to Solemnize Certain Marriages
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NOTE: THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CAST A TIE-BREAKING VOTE ON THIS LEGISLATION.
Title: Prohibits State from Requiring Religious Organizations to Solemnize Certain Marriages
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes a religious official or organization to decline to solemnize a marriage based on religious belief.
Highlights:
- Authorizes a religious official or organization to decline to provide services, accommodations, facilities, goods, or privileges related to the solemnization of a marriage based on a “sincerely held” religious belief (Sec. 1).
- Specifies that a declination by a religious official or organization to solemnize or provide marriage service is not subject to civil or criminal liability (Sec. 1).
- Prohibits the state from penalizing a religious official or organization that declines to solemnize or provide marriage services by withholding tax exemptions or government contracts, grants, or licenses (Sec. 1).
Title: Authorizes Religious Organizations to Decline to Perform Marriage Services