Charniele Herring
- Democratic
- Delegate
- District 4
Primary
Constitutional amendment (first reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about all matters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, or otherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified by a compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictive means. The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action against an individual for exercising the individual's right to reproductive freedom or for aiding another individual in the exercise of such right, unless justified by a compelling state interest.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article I a section numbered 11-A, relating to fundamental right to reproductive freedom.
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0600)
Assigned Chapter 600 (Effective 07/01/25)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ1ER)
Agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
Read third time
Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Agreed to by House (51-Y 48-N)
Taken up
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
Passed by for the day
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
Committee substitute printed 25101522D-H1
Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101028D
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