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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 3397

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 2381 Session of 2006


        INTRODUCED BY BOYD, METCALFE, YEWCIC, TRUE, FORCIER, ALLEN,
           ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BALDWIN, BARRAR, BASTIAN, BIRMELIN,
           BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CAWLEY, CLYMER,
           CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON, DALLY, DeLUCA, DENLINGER, EACHUS, ELLIS,
           FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FLICK, GABIG, GANNON,
           GEIST, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRUCELA, HABAY,
           HALUSKA, HARRIS, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON,
           KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, LEH, MACKERETH, MAITLAND, MAJOR,
           MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, MICOZZIE,
           MILLARD, R. MILLER, S. MILLER, MUSTIO, MYERS, PAYNE, PERZEL,
           PETRARCA, PHILLIPS, PICKETT, PYLE, QUIGLEY, RAPP, REED,
           ROBERTS, ROHRER, SATHER, SCHRODER, B. SMITH, S. H. SMITH,
           SONNEY, STABACK, STAIRS, STERN, R. STEVENSON, T. STEVENSON,
           TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TURZAI, WILT AND ZUG,
           JANUARY 24, 2006

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 24, 2006

                               A JOINT RESOLUTION

     1  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
     2     of Pennsylvania, providing for marriage.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby resolves as follows:
     5     Section 1.  The following amendment to the Constitution of
     6  Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
     7     That Article I be amended by adding a section to read:
     8  § 29.  Marriage.
     9     Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid
    10  or recognized as a marriage in this Commonwealth, and neither
    11  the Commonwealth nor any of its political subdivisions shall

     1  create or recognize a legal status identical or substantially
     2  equivalent to that of marriage for unmarried individuals.
     3     Section 2.  (a)  Upon the first passage by the General
     4  Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
     5  Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
     6  comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
     7  XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
     8  required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
     9  which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
    10  passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
    11     (b)  Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
    12  proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
    13  Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
    14  advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
    15  Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
    16  advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
    17  newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
    18  this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
    19  Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
    20  to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
    21  primary, general or municipal election which meets the
    22  requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article
    23  XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least
    24  three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is
    25  passed by the General Assembly.




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