SJRES 43 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.

Introduced Jun 25, 2008 Originated Senate Sponsor Roger F. Wicker R-MS

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 25, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJun 25, 2008
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

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.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2008 to Jul 22, 2008, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-LA	David Vitter	Original	Jun 25, 2008
R-OK	James M. Inhofe	Original	Jun 25, 2008
R-SD	John Thune	Original	Jun 25, 2008
R-ID	Larry E. Craig	Original	Jun 25, 2008
R-KS	Pat Roberts	Original	Jun 25, 2008
D-AL	Richard C. Shelby	Original	Jun 25, 2008
R-KS	Sam Brownback	Original	Jun 25, 2008
R-CO	Wayne Allard	Original	Jun 25, 2008
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi		Jun 26, 2008
R-AZ	Jon Kyl		Jul 7, 2008
R-NC	Richard Burr		Jul 7, 2008
R-GA	Johnny Isakson		Jul 8, 2008
R-SC	Jim DeMint		Jul 9, 2008
R-SC	Lindsey Graham		Jul 9, 2008
R-ID	Mike Crapo		Jul 10, 2008
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss		Jul 11, 2008
R-NC	Elizabeth Dole		Jul 22, 2008

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 25, 2008Introduced in Senate
Jun 25, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HJRES 22	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.	Related bill	Mar 1, 2007
HJRES 74	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.	Related bill	Jan 14, 2008
HJRES 89	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.	Related bill	Jul 28, 2008

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.

Text 1

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Jun 25, 2008Introduced in Senate

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