2025 SESSION

INTRODUCED

25103955D

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 271

Offered January 14, 2025

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article I a section numbered 11-A, relating to the right to work.

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Patron—Obenshain

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Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services

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RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, a majority of the members elected to each house agreeing, That the following amendment to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby is, proposed and referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates for its concurrence in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely:

Amend the Constitution of Virginia by adding in Article I a section numbered 11-A as follows:

ARTICLE I

BILL OF RIGHTS

Section 11-A. Right to work.

That it is unlawful for any person, corporation, association, or this Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions to deny or attempt to deny employment to any person because of such person's membership in, affiliation with, resignation from, or refusal to join or affiliate with any labor union or employee organization.