RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Democrat-led Virginia Senate panel has defeated a handful of Republican-sponsored voting bills and moved to put on hold consideration of several proposed constitutional amendments until after this year’s session. Without discussion, the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee voted Tuesday to carry over the proposed amendments, which had been unveiled with great fanfare after the November elections. The measures included proposals to repeal a now-defunct ban in the state constitution on same-sex marriage, expand protections for abortion access and reform the state’s system of civil rights restoration for felons who have completed their sentences. The move won’t slow down the timeline by which voters could potentially consider the measures. The soonest that could happen is 2026.