US Congress Senate Joint Resolution 42 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: Introduced on June 5 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-06-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Constitutional Amendment - States that the liberty of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children is a fundamental right. States that neither the United States nor any state shall infringe upon this right without demonstrating that its governmental interest, as applied to the person, is of the highest order and not otherwise served. Prohibits this article from being construed to apply to a parental action or decision that would end life. Declares that no treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed by this amendment.

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to parental rights.

Sen. Jim DeMint [R-SC]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]
Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]
Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HJR3 (Related) 2011-01-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
HJR107 (Related) 2012-04-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
HJR110 (Same As) 2012-07-18 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/42/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/sjres42/BILLS-112sjres42is.pdf