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type: "Bill"
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title: "Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license."
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description: "Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license. Provides that no person authorized to issue a marriage license shall deny the issuance of such license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill also requires that such lawful marriages be recognized in the Commonwealth regardless of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill provides that religious organizations or members of the clergy acting in their religious capacity shall have the right to refuse to perform any marriage. This bill is identical to SB 101."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 174"
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citation: "Virginia HB 174 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rozia A. Henson, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2024-01-03"
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last_action: "2024-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73445830-def7-445b-b027-b767ae3b51ef"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB174"
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source_hash: "a6c1a2f7a0f922f2b23c2398047c39989c97323d535c965a10c856ae42293551"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 174 (2024) — Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license.
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Marriage lawful regardless of sex, gender, or race of parties; issuance of marriage license. Provides that no person authorized to issue a marriage license shall deny the issuance of such license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the basis of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill also requires that such lawful marriages be recognized in the Commonwealth regardless of the sex, gender, or race of the parties. The bill provides that religious organizations or members of the clergy acting in their religious capacity shall have the right to refuse to perform any marriage. This bill is identical to SB 101.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0021** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0021)
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2. **HB174ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB174ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102637D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB174)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (22-Y 16-N 1-A) — **22–16** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) — **22–17** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 40-N 1-A) — **53–40** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) — **37–2** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (6-Y 5-N) — **6–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
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- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
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- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102637D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-16** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
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- **2024-01-19** Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-25** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-01-26** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 40-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-26** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 40-N 1-A) `passage`
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- **2024-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-01-29** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (6-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (22-Y 16-N 1-A) `passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N)
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- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB174ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 21 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0021)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73445830-def7-445b-b027-b767ae3b51ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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