Democrats, who hold a narrow 51-49 majority in the state House, passed the trio of resolutions Tuesday, but the bills will need to be passed in the Senate and again in both chambers next year before being placed on the ballot in 2026.

The proposed abortion amendment would establish a “fundamental right” to abortion, restricting the government from making laws barring an abortion before the third trimester. It would also permit abortion in the third trimester to “protect the life or physical or mental health” of the mother.

The measure passed in the House, 51-48, on a party-line vote, with Republican delegates warning the measure would allow for “abortion up to 40 weeks with no meaningful restrictions” and calling it the “most extreme abortion amendment in the nation.”

If approved again by the state House and Senate next year, Virginia would be the latest state to have abortion on the ballot since the 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization returned abortion laws to the states. While abortion measures have largely passed, the 2024 election saw multiple measures fail for the first time since the Supreme Court decision.

The other measures would repeal a constitutional provision that says marriage is between a man and a woman and would restore voting rights for felons once a person has served his or her sentence.

The marriage amendment resolution passed 58-35, with all Democrats and some Republicans joining in the majority, while the felon voting amendment resolution passed 55-44, with four Republicans joining all Democrats in supporting it.

All three measures were voted out of committee favorably in the state House on party lines Tuesday and appear likely to pass in the upper chamber. Democrats also hold a 21-19 majority in the state Senate.

The fate of the three amendments advancing to the ballot will be decided in November when every seat in the state House will be up for vote.

The election will also include races for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general, all offices Republicans are hoping to maintain control of while also flipping the state House.