Bill Text: FL S1192 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida Senate Concurrent Resolution 1192 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Equal Rights for Men and Women [SPSC]

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Judiciary [S1192 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1192-Introduced.html

 
Florida Senate - 2010                                   SCR 1192 
 
By Senator Joyner 
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1                    Senate Concurrent Resolution 
2         A concurrent resolution ratifying the proposed 
3         amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
4         relating to equal rights for men and women. 
5 
6         WHEREAS, during the Second Session of the Ninety-second 
7  Congress of the United States of America, by a constitutional 
8  majority of two-thirds, both houses approved the Equal Rights 
9  Amendment, and 
10         WHEREAS, on March 22, 1972, this proposed amendment to the 
11  Constitution of the United States was sent to the states for 
12  ratification, and 
13         WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution 
14  authorizes the Legislature of Florida to ratify proposed 
15  amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and 
16         WHEREAS, 35 of the necessary 38 states have already 
17  ratified the Equal Rights Amendment, and 
18         WHEREAS, constitutional equality for men and women 
19  continues to be timely in the United States and worldwide, and 
20  many other nations have achieved constitutional equality for 
21  their men and women, NOW, THEREFORE, 
22 
23  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida, the House 
24  of Representatives Concurring: 
25 
26         That the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the 
27  United States set forth below is ratified by the Legislature of 
28  the State of Florida. 
29                           “Article ____” 
30         “SECTION 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be 
31  denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on 
32  account of sex.” 
33         “SECTION 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, 
34  by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.” 
35         “SECTION 3. This amendment shall take effect two years 
36  after the date of ratification.” 
37         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of the 
38  foregoing preamble and resolution be immediately forwarded by 
39  the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, under the great 
40  seal, to the President of the United States, the Secretary of 
41  State of the United States, the President of the Senate of the 
42  United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of 
43  the United States, and the Administrator of General Services of 
44  the United States.