{"bill":{"bill_key":"VA-SJR493-2015","title":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage.","side":"pro","state":"VA","year":2015,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"introduced","summary":"Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage.","types_str":"Marriage Equality","sponsor_mix":"D","url":"https://legiscan.com/VA/bill/HJR493/2015","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"H.J. Res. 493, 2015 Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Va. 2015), https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HJ493.","short":"Va. H.J. Res. 493."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Scott Surovell","party":"D","state":"VA","district":"SD-034","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-1477"},{"name":"Kenneth Plum","party":"D","state":"VA","district":"HD-036","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-734"},{"name":"Mark Sickles","party":"D","state":"VA","district":"HD-017","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-748"},{"name":"Kaye Kory","party":"D","state":"VA","district":"HD-038","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-890"},{"name":"Patrick Hope","party":"D","state":"VA","district":"HD-001","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-1472"},{"name":"Betsy Carr","party":"D","state":"VA","district":"HD-078","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-1478"},{"name":"Alfonso Lopez","party":"D","state":"VA","district":"HD-003","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-13732"},{"name":"Rob Krupicka","party":"D","state":"VA","district":"HD-045","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-14064"},{"name":"Sam Rasoul","party":"D","state":"VA","district":"HD-038","is_primary":false,"href":"/people/ls-16093"}],"citations":[],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":1601}]}}