PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 1047
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
842
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, HUGHES, COSTA, FONTANA, SCHWANK, COMITTA,
KANE, KEARNEY, SANTARSIERO, STREET AND YUDICHAK,
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for prohibition against
denial or abridgment of equality of rights because of sex.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 28 of Article I be amended to read:
ยง 28. Prohibition against denial or abridgment of equality of
rights because of [sex.] race, ethnicity, color,
religious creed, ancestry, age, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, national origin,
familial status or disability.
Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or
abridged in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania because of the
[sex] race, ethnicity, color, religious creed, ancestry, age,
sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national
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