PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 402
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
435
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, COOK, R. MACKENZIE, HAMM, ROSSI,
M. MACKENZIE, KAUFFMAN, ZIMMERMAN, BOROWICZ, GREINER, KEEFER,
TWARDZIK, MALONEY, M. JONES, STRUZZI, ROWE, STAATS,
BERNSTINE, SMITH, JOZWIAK, GLEIM, LAWRENCE AND GILLEN,
MARCH 15, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MARCH 15, 2023
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, providing for right to medical freedom.
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 Article I be amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 30. Right to medical freedom.
The right of an individual to refuse any medical procedure,
treatment, injection, vaccine or prophylactic may not be
questioned or interfered with in any manner. Equality of rights
under the law shall not be denied or abridged to any person in
this Commonwealth because of the exercise of the right under
this section.
Section 2. The following procedure applies to the proposed
constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
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(1) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
the amendment, 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.
(2) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
the amendment, 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. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
Commonwealth at the first primary, general or municipal
election which meets the requirements of section 1 of Article
XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
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