Celebrating the life of Janet Marie Brooking.
Sponsored bills
Commending Peter A. Blake.
Commending Scott McGeary.
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the HonorableYvonne Bond Miller's service in the Virginia General Assembly.
Commending Sandra Gioia Treadway.
Constitutional amendment (first reference);fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that everyindividual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom andthat the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about allmatters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, orotherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified bya compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictivemeans. The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action against an individualfor exercising the individual's right to reproductive freedom orfor aiding another individual in the exercise of such right, unlessjustified by a compelling state interest.