SJRES 1
109th Congress
Senate
Families
Constitutional amendments
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Marriage
Same-sex marriage
State constitutions
State laws
Unmarried couples
Marriage Protection Amendment
Introduced: January 24, 2005
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 7, 2006
Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 48. Record Vote Number: 163. (consideration: CR S5534)
Jun 7, 2006
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5517-5534)
Jun 6, 2006
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5439-5484)
Jun 5, 2006
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S5424; text: CR S5424)
Jun 5, 2006
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5401, S5403-5424)
May 26, 2006
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5393-5394)
May 18, 2006
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435.
May 18, 2006
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
May 18, 2006
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Nov 9, 2005
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights. Approved for full committee consideration without amendment favorably.
Jan 24, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S366)
Jan 24, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S365-366)
Jan 24, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that: (1) marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman; and (2) neither the U.S. Constitution nor the constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union.
What's happening now
Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 48. Record Vote Number: 163. (consideration: CR S5534)
Committees of jurisdiction
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