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CORRECTIVE REPRINT
PRIOR PASSAGE - J.R. 2020-4
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 21
PRINTER'S NO. 51
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
2
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY K. WARD, DiSANTO, MARTIN, PHILLIPS-HILL, J. WARD,
BARTOLOTTA, ARGALL, STEFANO, AUMENT, MASTRIANO, ARNOLD,
GORDNER, BROOKS, PITTMAN, LANGERHOLC, REGAN, BAKER, ROBINSON,
TOMLINSON, SCAVELLO, HUTCHINSON, BROWNE, CORMAN, MENSCH,
VOGEL, YAW, YUDICHAK, LAUGHLIN AND DUSH, JANUARY 20, 2021
REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
JANUARY 20, 2021
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing separate and distinct amendments to the Constitution
of Pennsylvania, in declaration of rights, providing for
prohibition against denial or abridgment of equality of
rights because of race and ethnicity; in legislation, further
providing for action on concurrent orders and resolutions;
and, in the executive, providing for disaster emergency
declaration and management.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following separate and distinct amendments to
the Constitution of Pennsylvania are proposed in accordance with
Article XI:
(1) That Article I of the Constitution of Pennsylvania be
amended by adding a section 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
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