Amendment
Bill No. 0001
Amendment No. 77981
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Murman offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4Remove everything after the resolving clause and insert:
5     That the creation of Section 22 of Article X of the State
6Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be submitted
7to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the
8general election to be held in November 2004:
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ARTICLE X
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MISCELLANEOUS
11     SECTION 22.  Parental notification of an abortion on a
12minor.--The legislature shall not limit or deny the reproductive
13and privacy rights guaranteed to minors under the United States
14Constitution as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court.
15Notwithstanding the minor's right of privacy provided in Section
1623 of Article I, the legislature may by general law require
17notification of a parent or guardian of a minor prior to the
18performance of an abortion on the minor. This right to
19notification shall not apply to minors emancipated by general
20law.
21     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the
22amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows:
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PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF ABORTION ON A MINOR
24     Proposes the creation of Section 22 of Article X of the
25State Constitution to provide that the Legislature may,
26notwithstanding the state constitutional right of privacy, enact
27legislation requiring notification of a parent or guardian of a
28minor prior to the performance of an abortion on the minor. The
29amendment provides that the Legislature shall not limit or deny
30the reproductive and privacy rights guaranteed to minors under
31the United States Constitution as interpreted by the United
32States Supreme Court. The amendment provides that the right to
33notification shall not apply to minors emancipated by general
34law.
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36================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T =================
37     Remove the entire title and insert:
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House Joint Resolution
39A joint resolution proposing the creation of Section 22 of
40Article X of the State Constitution to provide for
41parental notification of an abortion on a minor.


CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.