PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 4125
No. 2737 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY METCALFE, ARMSTRONG, COLEMAN, CREIGHTON, CRUZ,
DENLINGER, FORCIER, GEIST, LYNCH AND WILT, JUNE 21, 2004
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 21, 2004
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, providing for the inalienable rights of
3 parents to direct the upbringing and education of their
4 children in Pennsylvania.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby resolves as follows:
7 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
8 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
9 That Article I be amended by adding a section to read:
10 § 29. Parental rights.
11 The right of parents or persons acting in loco parentis to
12 direct the upbringing and education of their children shall not
13 be infringed or abridged by the Commonwealth. The General
14 Assembly shall have the power to enact laws to implement the
15 provisions of this section.
16 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
17 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
18 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
1 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
2 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
3 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
4 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
5 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
6 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
7 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
8 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
9 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
10 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
11 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
12 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
13 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
14 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
15 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
16 primary, general or municipal election which meets the
17 requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article
18 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least
19 three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is
20 passed by the General Assembly.
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