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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, SCARNATI, YAW, FOLMER, BRUBAKER, ROBBINS, MUSTO, ALLOWAY, CORMAN, GORDNER, D. WHITE, ERICKSON, PICCOLA, KASUNIC, MENSCH AND SMUCKER, FEBRUARY 8, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010 |
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| A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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1 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth |
2 | of Pennsylvania, providing for marriage between one man and |
3 | one woman. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby resolves as follows: |
6 | Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of |
7 | Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: |
8 | That Article I be amended by adding a section to read: |
9 | § 29. Marriage. |
10 | Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid and |
11 | recognized as a marriage in this Commonwealth. |
12 | Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General |
13 | Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the |
14 | Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to |
15 | comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article |
16 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the |
17 | required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in |
18 | which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after |
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1 | passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. |
2 | (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this |
3 | proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the |
4 | Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the |
5 | advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the |
6 | Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required |
7 | advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such |
8 | newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of |
9 | this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the |
10 | Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment |
11 | to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first |
12 | primary, general or municipal election which meets the |
13 | requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article |
14 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least |
15 | three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is |
16 | passed by the General Assembly. |
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