Bill Text: FL H1399 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Religious Freedom
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 15-1)
Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Rules and Calendar Council [H1399 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-H1399-Comm_Sub.html
CS/HJR 1399 |
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2 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 3 of |
3 | Article I of the State Constitution to provide that an |
4 | individual may not be barred from participating in any |
5 | public program because of choosing to use public benefits |
6 | at a religious provider and to delete a prohibition |
7 | against using public revenues in aid of any church, sect, |
8 | or religious denomination or any sectarian institution. |
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10 | Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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12 | That the following amendment to Section 3 of Article I of |
13 | the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to |
14 | the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next |
15 | general election or at an earlier special election specifically |
16 | authorized by law for that purpose: |
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19 | SECTION 3. Religious freedom.-There shall be no law |
20 | respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting or |
21 | penalizing the free exercise thereof. Religious freedom shall |
22 | not justify practices inconsistent with public morals, peace or |
23 | safety. An individual may not be barred from participating in |
24 | any public program because that individual has freely chosen to |
25 | use his or her program benefits at a religious provider. |
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30 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be |
31 | placed on the ballot: |
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34 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.-Proposing an amendment to the State |
35 | Constitution to provide that an individual may not be barred |
36 | from participating in any public program because that individual |
37 | has chosen to use his or her program benefits at a religious |
38 | provider, and to delete the prohibition against using revenues |
39 | from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any |
40 | church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any |
41 | sectarian institution. |
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