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A03220
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
71
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY WARNER, DAVANZO, DIAMOND, DUNBAR, ECKER, GAYDOS,
GROVE, HAMM, IRVIN, JAMES, KAUFFMAN, KEEFER, R. MACKENZIE,
O'NEAL, ROTHMAN, ROWE, RYAN, SANKEY, TOPPER, WHEELAND,
M. MACKENZIE, BERNSTINE AND BOROWICZ, JANUARY 11, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 11, 2021
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, in taxation and finance, 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 providing for
spending limitations on the Commonwealth.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment separate and distinct
amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania is are proposed
in accordance with Article XI:
(1) That section 29 of Article I be amended to read:
§ 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
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