United States · Bill · SJRES
S.J.Res. 43 (110th)
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.
Introduced
25 June 2008
Last action
—
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
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.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 June 2008
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 June 2008
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 25 June 2008
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/43
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/sjres/43