VA-HJR3-2026

Virginia · HJR 3 · 2026

Constitutional amendment (second reference); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry.

Bill key

VA-HJR3-2026

State

Virginia

Session

2026

Introduced

November 17, 2025

Last recorded status

passed

Link

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Citation (Bluebook)

H.J. Res. 3, 2026 Gen. Assemb., Reg. Sess. (Va. 2026), https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HJ3.

Short citation

Va. H.J. Res. 3.

Topics

• Marriage, family & custody
• Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law

Tags

• Marriage Equality
• Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws

Summary

Constitutional amendment (second reference); marriage between two adult persons; repeal of same-sex marriage prohibition; affirmative right to marry.

Curator notes

Same as SJR 3

Sponsors

1 primary sponsor

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Mark Sickles	Democratic	Representative	HD-017	Primary sponsor

75 co-sponsors

Co-sponsors

Name	Party	Office	District	Role
Jessica Anderson	Democratic	Representative	HD-071	Co-sponsor
Bonita Anthony	Democratic	Representative	HD-092	Co-sponsor
Alex Askew	Democratic	Representative	HD-095	Co-sponsor
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker	Democratic	Senator	SD-005	Co-sponsor
David Bulova	Democratic	Representative	HD-011	Co-sponsor
Katrina Callsen	Democratic	Representative	HD-054	Co-sponsor
Karen Carnegie	Democratic	Representative	HD-089	Co-sponsor
Betsy Carr	Democratic	Representative	HD-078	Co-sponsor
Stacey Annie Carroll	Democratic	Representative	HD-064	Co-sponsor
Nadarius Clark	Democratic	Representative	HD-084	Co-sponsor
Laura Jane Cohen	Democratic	Representative	HD-015	Co-sponsor
Joshua Cole	Democratic	Representative	HD-028	Co-sponsor
Nicole Cole	Democratic	Representative	HD-066	Co-sponsor
Kelly Convirs-Fowler	Democratic	Representative	HD-096	Co-sponsor
Rae Cousins	Democratic	Representative	HD-079	Co-sponsor
Karrie Delaney	Democratic	Representative	HD-009	Co-sponsor
Lindsey Dougherty	Democratic	Representative	HD-075	Co-sponsor
Mark Downey	Democratic	Representative	HD-069	Co-sponsor
Michael Feggans	Democratic	Representative	HD-097	Co-sponsor
Lily Franklin	Democratic	Representative	HD-041	Co-sponsor
Debra Gardner	Democratic	Representative	HD-076	Co-sponsor
Jackie Glass	Democratic	Representative	HD-093	Co-sponsor
Elizabeth Guzman	Democratic	Representative	HD-031	Co-sponsor
C.E. Hayes	Democratic	Representative	HD-091	Co-sponsor
Dan Helmer	Democratic	Representative	HD-010	Co-sponsor
Rozia Henson	Democratic	Representative	HD-019	Co-sponsor
Phil Hernandez	Democratic	Representative	HD-094	Co-sponsor
Charniele Herring	Democratic	Representative	HD-004	Co-sponsor
Patrick Hope	Democratic	Representative	HD-001	Co-sponsor
Michael Jones	Democratic	Senator	SD-015	Co-sponsor
Karen Keys-Gamarra	Democratic	Representative	HD-007	Co-sponsor
Paul Krizek	Democratic	Representative	HD-016	Co-sponsor
Amy Laufer	Democratic	Representative	HD-055	Co-sponsor
Destiny LeVere Bolling	Democratic	Representative	HD-080	Co-sponsor
Alfonso Lopez	Democratic	Representative	HD-003	Co-sponsor
Michelle Maldonado	Democratic	Representative	HD-020	Co-sponsor
Marty Martinez	Democratic	Representative	HD-029	Co-sponsor
John Chilton McAuliff	Democratic	Representative	HD-030	Co-sponsor
Adele McClure	Democratic	Representative	HD-002	Co-sponsor
Delores McQuinn	Democratic	Representative	HD-081	Co-sponsor
Leslie Chambers Mehta	Democratic	Representative	HD-073	Co-sponsor
Candi Mundon King	Democratic	Representative	HD-023	Co-sponsor
May Nivar	Democratic	Representative	HD-057	Co-sponsor
Kimberly Pope Adams	Democratic	Representative	HD-082	Co-sponsor
Marcia Price	Democratic	Representative	HD-085	Co-sponsor
Sam Rasoul	Democratic	Representative	HD-038	Co-sponsor
Atoosa Reaser	Democratic	Representative	HD-027	Co-sponsor
David Reid	Democratic	Representative	HD-028	Co-sponsor
Don Scott	Democratic	Representative	HD-088	Co-sponsor
Holly Seibold	Democratic	Representative	HD-012	Co-sponsor
Briana Sewell	Democratic	Representative	HD-025	Co-sponsor
Irene Shin	Democratic	Representative	HD-008	Co-sponsor
Marcus Simon	Democratic	Representative	HD-013	Co-sponsor
Shelly Simonds	Democratic	Representative	HD-070	Co-sponsor
J.J. Singh	Democratic	Representative	HD-026	Co-sponsor
Richard Sullivan	Democratic	Representative	HD-006	Co-sponsor
Joshua Thomas	Democratic	Representative	HD-021	Co-sponsor
Virgil Thornton	Democratic	Representative	HD-086	Co-sponsor
Luke Torian	Democratic	Representative	HD-024	Co-sponsor
Kathy Tran	Democratic	Representative	HD-018	Co-sponsor
Jeion Ward	Democratic	Representative	HD-087	Co-sponsor
Vivian Watts	Democratic	Representative	HD-014	Co-sponsor
Rodney Willett	Democratic	Representative	HD-058	Co-sponsor
Lashrecse Aird	Democratic	Senator	SD-013	Co-sponsor
Jennifer Boysko	Democratic	Senator	SD-038	Co-sponsor
Adam Ebbin	Democratic	Senator	SD-039	Co-sponsor
Barbara Favola	Democratic	Senator	SD-040	Co-sponsor
Ghazala Hashmi	Democratic	Senator	SD-015	Co-sponsor
Mamie Locke	Democratic	Senator	SD-023	Co-sponsor
Jeremy McPike	Democratic	Senator	SD-029	Co-sponsor
Danica Roem	Democratic	Senator	SD-030	Co-sponsor
Saddam Salim	Democratic	Senator	SD-037	Co-sponsor
Kannan Srinivasan	Democratic	Senator	SD-032	Co-sponsor
Schuyler VanValkenburg	Democratic	Senator	SD-016	Co-sponsor
Angelia Williams Graves	Democratic	Senator	SD-021	Co-sponsor

Status changes

• October 13, 2026: passed → passed

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