Florida Senate - 2012                                   SJR 1674
       
       
       
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       24-00721-12                                           20121674__
    1                       Senate Joint Resolution                     
    2         A joint resolution rescinding and withdrawing House
    3         Joint Resolution 1471 (2011), which relates to
    4         religious freedom, contingent upon adoption of a joint
    5         resolution proposing an alternative amendment to the
    6         State Constitution.
    7  
    8  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         That House Joint Resolution 1471, adopted in the 2011
   11  Regular Session and entitled “A joint resolution proposing an
   12  amendment to Section 3 of Article I of the State Constitution to
   13  eradicate remnants of anti-religious bigotry from the State
   14  Constitution and to end exclusionary funding practices that
   15  discriminate on the basis of religious belief or identity,” is
   16  rescinded and withdrawn.
   17         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the proposed amendment to
   18  Section 3 of Article I of the State Constitution not be
   19  submitted to the electors of this state for approval or
   20  rejection at the 2012 general election and the Secretary of
   21  State shall withhold House Joint Resolution 1471 (2011) from the
   22  ballot.
   23         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this joint resolution shall
   24  take effect only if Senate Joint Resolution ____ or similar
   25  legislation is adopted by the Legislature.