HJR 1093 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Future of Florida's Families recommends the
7	following:
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9	Committee Substitute
10	Remove the entire joint resolution and insert:
11	House Joint Resolution
12	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 2 of
13	Article I of the State Constitution to prohibit depriving
14	a person of any right because of physical or mental
15	disability, as defined by general law.
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17	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19	That the amendment to Section 2 of Article I of the State
20	Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be submitted
21	to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the
22	general election to be held in November 2004:
23	ARTICLE I
24	DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
25	SECTION 2. Basic rights.--All natural persons, female and
26	male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable
27	rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and
28	liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and
29	to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the
30	ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real
31	property by aliens ineligible for citizenship may be regulated
32	or prohibited by law. No person shall be deprived of any right
33	because of race, religion, national origin, orphysical
34	disability, or mental disability, as the terms “physical
35	disability” and “mental disability” may be defined by general
36	law.
37	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the
38	amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows:
39	BASIC RIGHTS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
40	Proposes an amendment to Section 2 of Article I of the
41	State Constitution to prohibit depriving a person of any right
42	because of physical or mental disability, as the terms “physical
43	disability” and “mental disability” may be defined by general
44	law.