PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3397 PRINTER'S NO. 3754
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, ELLIS, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FLICK, GABIG, GANNON, GEIST, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRUCELA, HABAY, HALUSKA, HARRIS, HERSHEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, LEH, MAITLAND, MAJOR, MARKOSEK, MARSICO, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, MILLARD, R. MILLER, S. MILLER, MUSTIO, 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, ZUG AND WOJNAROSKI, JANUARY 24, 2006
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 20, 2006
A JOINT RESOLUTION 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 marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid 11 or recognized as a marriage in this Commonwealth, and neither
1 the Commonwealth nor any of its political subdivisions shall 2 create or recognize a legal status identical or substantially 3 equivalent to that of marriage for unmarried individuals. 4 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General 5 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the 6 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to 7 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article 8 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the 9 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in 10 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after 11 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. 12 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this 13 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the 14 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the 15 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the 16 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required 17 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such 18 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of 19 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the 20 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment 21 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first 22 primary, general or municipal election which meets the 23 requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article 24 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least 25 three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is 26 passed by the General Assembly. K14L83DMS/20060H2381B3754 - 2 -