SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HJR 1, 3rd Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 115630
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Diaz de la Portilla moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
14 Delete everything after the resolving clause
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17 That the following creation of Section 22 of Article X
18 of the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted
19 to the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the
20 general election to be held in November 2004:
21 ARTICLE X
22 MISCELLANEOUS
23 SECTION 22. Parental notice of termination of a
24 minor's pregnancy.--The Legislature shall not limit or deny
25 the privacy right guaranteed to a minor under the United
26 States Constitution as interpreted by the United States
27 Supreme Court. Notwithstanding a minor's right of privacy
28 provided in Section 23 of Article I, the Legislature is
29 authorized to require by general law for notification to a
30 parent or guardian of a minor before the termination of the
31 minor's pregnancy. The Legislature shall provide exceptions to
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1 such requirement for notification and shall create a procedure
2 for judicial waiver of the notification.
3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
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5 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
6 ARTICLE X, SECTION 22
7 PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF A MINOR'S TERMINATION OF
8 PREGNANCY.--Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution
9 to authorize the Legislature to require by general law for
10 notification to a parent or guardian of a minor before the
11 termination of the minor's pregnancy. The amendment provides
12 that the Legislature shall not limit or deny the privacy
13 rights guaranteed to minors under the United States
14 Constitution as interpreted by the United States Supreme
15 Court. The Legislature shall provide exceptions to such
16 requirement for notification and shall create a procedure for
17 judicial waiver of the requirement for notification.
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21 And the title is amended as follows:
22 Delete everything before the resolving clause
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25 House Joint Resolution No. 1
26 A joint resolution proposing the creation of
27 Section 22 of Article X of the State
28 Constitution, relating to miscellaneous
29 matters, prohibiting the Legislature from
30 limiting or denying the privacy right
31 guaranteed to a minor under the United States
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1 Constitution, as interpreted by the United
2 States Supreme Court, and authorizing the
3 Legislature to enact Legislation providing for
4 the notification of a pregnant minor's parent
5 or guardian before termination of the pregnancy
6 and setting requirements and conditions
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