SJRES 12
114th Congress
Senate
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Intergovernmental relations
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to marriage.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 23, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 23, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment
Grants the United States and each state, territory, and possession the power to define marriage as limited to the union of one man and one woman.
Declares that: (1) nothing in this constitution shall be construed to require that marriage or its legal incidents be conferred upon any union other than the union of one man and one woman or to require that a state recognize a marriage that was licensed in another state; and (2) no decision or order of any court to the contrary, including any decision or order issued before the date of ratification, shall have any force or effect.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1