SB 388 — 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.

PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
                                                       PRINTER'S NO.   334

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                        SENATE BILL
                        No. 388
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, STREET, SAVAL, COMITTA, FONTANA, KEARNEY,
        SCHWANK, COLLETT, TARTAGLIONE, COSTA, HAYWOOD, KANE AND
        SANTARSIERO, MARCH 6, 2025

     REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 6, 2025


                              A JOINT RESOLUTION
 1   Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
 2      of Pennsylvania, further providing for prohibition against
 3      denial or abridgment of equality of rights because of sex.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby resolves as follows:
 6      Section 1.    The following amendment to the Constitution of
 7   Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
 8      That section 28 of Article I be amended to read:
 9   § 28.   Prohibition against denial or abridgment of equality of
10               rights because of sex[.], race, ethnicity, color,
11               religious creed, ancestry, age, sexual orientation,
12               gender identity or expression, national origin,
13               familial status or disability.
14      Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or
15   abridged in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania because of the sex,
16   race, ethnicity, color, religious creed, ancestry, age, sexual
17   orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin,
 1   familial status or disability of the individual.
 2      Section 2.   The following procedure applies to the proposed
 3   constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
 4          (1)   Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
 5      the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
 6      proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
 7      requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
 8      of Pennsylvania.
 9          (2)   Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
10      the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
11      proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
12      requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
13      of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
14      submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
15      Commonwealth at the first primary, general or municipal
16      election which meets the requirements of section 1 of Article
17      XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.




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