House Bill 2291

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        By Representative Jacobs






  1                   House Concurrent Resolution

  2         A concurrent resolution ratifying the proposed

  3         amendment to the Constitution of the United

  4         States relating to equal rights for men and

  5         women.

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  7         WHEREAS, the 92nd Congress of the United States of

  8  America in both houses by a constitutional majority of

  9  two-thirds thereof has made the following proposition to amend

10  the Constitution of the United States of America, in the

11  following words:

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13         H. J. RES. 208:

14                         JOINT RESOLUTION

15  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Untied

16  States relative to equal rights for men and women.

17         RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF

18  THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED (TWO-THIRDS

19  OF EACH HOUSE CONCURRING THEREIN), That the following article

20  is proposed as an Amendment to the Constitution of the United

21  States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as

22  part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of

23  three-fourths of the several states within seven years from

24  the date of its submission by the Congress:

25                        "ARTICLE         

26         "Section 1.  Equality of rights under the law shall not

27  be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on

28  account of sex.

29         "Section 2.  The Congress shall have the power to

30  enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this

31  article.

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  1         "Section 3.  This Amendment shall take effect two years

  2  after the date of ratification."

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  4         WHEREAS, notwithstanding Congressional provisions

  5  relating to the time limit in which the proposed amendment set

  6  forth by the Congress of the United States must be ratified,

  7  the House of Representatives of the State of Florida, the

  8  Senate concurring, wishes it to be known that the State of

  9  Florida supports equal rights for all citizens under the

10  Constitution of the United States, NOW, THEREFORE,

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12  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

13  Florida, the Senate Concurring:

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15         That the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the

16  United States set forth below be, and the same is hereby,

17  ratified by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

18                         "ARTICLE        

19         "Section 1.  Equality of rights under the law shall not

20  be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on

21  account of sex.

22         "Section 2.  The Congress shall have the power to

23  enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this

24  article.

25         "Section 3.  This Amendment shall take effect two years

26  after the date of ratification."

27         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of the

28  foregoing preamble and resolution be immediately forwarded by

29  the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, under the

30  great seal, to the President of the United States, the

31  Secretary of State of the United States, the President of the

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  1  Senate of the United States, the Speaker of the House of

  2  Representatives of the United States, and the Administrator of

  3  General Services of the United States.

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