HJR 0159 2004
1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 23 of
3	Article I of the State Constitution to limit the
4	application to minors of the constitutional right to
5	privacy and any other provision of the State Constitution
6	to the extent such application would limit the rights or
7	authority of parents or legal guardians provided by law or
8	would limit the authority of the government to advance or
9	secure such rights or authority of parents or legal
10	guardians.
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12	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	That the amendment to Section 23 of Article I of the State
15	Constitution set forth below is agreed to and shall be submitted
16	to the electors of Florida for approval or rejection at the
17	general election to be held in November 2004:
18	ARTICLE I
19	DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
20	SECTION 23. Right of privacy.--Every natural person has
21	the right to be let alone and free from governmental intrusion
22	into the person's private life except as otherwise provided
23	herein. This section shall not be construed to limit the
24	public's right of access to public records and meetings as
25	provided by law. Neither this section nor any other provision of
26	the Constitution of Florida shall be construed with respect to
27	minors so as to limit the rights or authority of parents or
28	legal guardians as otherwise provided by law or to limit the
29	authority of the government to advance or secure such rights or
30	authority of parents or legal guardians.
31	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the title and substance of the
32	amendment proposed herein shall appear on the ballot as follows:
33	PARENTAL RIGHTS
34	Proposes an amendment to Section 23 of Article I of the
35	State Constitution to limit the application to minors of the
36	constitutional right to privacy and any other provision of the
37	State Constitution to the extent such application would limit
38	the rights or authority of parents or legal guardians provided
39	by law or would limit the authority of the government to advance
40	or secure such rights or authority of parents or legal
41	guardians.