H0071B0047A03220 DMS:JSL 12/14/21 #90 A03220
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 71
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE RABB
Printer's No. 47
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 1 and 2, by striking out all of
line 1 and "of Pennsylvania, in taxation and finance," in line 2
and inserting
Proposing separate and distinct amendments to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for
prohibition against denial or abridgment of equality of
rights because of race and ethnicity; and
Amend Bill, page 1, line 6, by striking out "amendment" and
inserting
separate and distinct amendments
Amend Bill, page 1, line 7, by striking out "is" and
inserting
are
Amend Bill, page 1, by inserting between lines 7 and 8
(1) That section 29 of Article I be amended to read:
ยง 29. Prohibition against denial or abridgment of equality of
rights [because of race and ethnicity].
Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or
abridged in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania because of the race
[or ethnicity of the individual.], ethnicity, color, familial
status, religious creed, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression or national origin of the
individual or because of the use of a support animal by the
individual due to the individual's blindness or deafness.
(2)
Amend Bill, page 2, lines 21 through 30; page 3, lines 1
through 13; by striking out all of said lines on said pages and
inserting
Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
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Assembly of these proposed constitutional amendments, the
Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
passage of these proposed constitutional amendments.
(b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of these
proposed constitutional amendments, the Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
these proposed constitutional amendments. The Secretary of the
Commonwealth shall:
(1) Submit the proposed constitutional amendment under
section 1(1) of this resolution to the qualified electors of
this Commonwealth as a separate ballot question at the first
primary, general or municipal election which meets the
requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of
Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which
occurs at least three months after the proposed
constitutional amendments are passed by the General Assembly.
(2) Submit the proposed constitutional amendment under
section 1(2) of this resolution to the qualified electors of
this Commonwealth as a separate ballot question at the first
primary, general or municipal election which meets the
requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of
Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which
occurs at least three months after the proposed
constitutional amendments are passed by the General Assembly.
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