PRIOR PASSAGE, PENNSYLVANIA, March 28 - NONE

PRINTER'S NO. 522

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

535

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, FONTANA, HUGHES, KEARNEY, SCHWANK,

COLLETT, DILLON, KANE, STREET, COSTA, COMITTA, SANTARSIERO,

TARTAGLIONE AND SAVAL, MARCH 28, 2023

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 28, 2023

A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania, further providing for prohibition against

denial or abridgment of equality of rights because of sex.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby resolves as follows:

Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of

Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:

That section 28 of Article I be amended to read:

§ 28. Prohibition against denial or abridgment of equality of

rights because of sex[.], race, ethnicity, color,

religious creed, ancestry, age, sexual orientation,

gender identity or expression, national origin,

familial status or disability.

Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or

abridged in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania because of the sex,

race, ethnicity, color, religious creed, ancestry, age, sexual

orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin,

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