PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE PRINTER'S NO. 3397
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. K14L83DMS/20060H2381B3397 - 2 -