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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
SC0008 Introduced 3/7/2023, by Sen. Terri Bryant - Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | ILCON Art. I, Sec. 20.1 new |
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Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that the right of a parent to determine his or her child's education and health care shall not be infringed prior to the child's attainment of the age of majority, except where the child is in the care and custody of the State. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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| | SC0008 | | LRB103 30566 AWJ 57000 e |
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
| 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF |
| 5 | | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be |
| 6 | | submitted to the electors of the State for adoption or |
| 7 | | rejection at the general election next occurring at least 6 |
| 8 | | months after the adoption of this resolution a proposition to |
| 9 | | add Section 20.1 of Article I as follows:
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| 10 | | ARTICLE I
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| 11 | | BILL OF RIGHTS
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| 12 | | (ILCON Art. I, Sec. 20.1 new) |
| 13 | | SECTION 20.1. PARENTAL RIGHTS |
| 14 | | The right of a parent to determine his or her child's |
| 15 | | education and health care shall not be infringed prior to the |
| 16 | | child's attainment of the age of majority, except where the |
| 17 | | child is in the care and custody of the State.
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| 18 | | SCHEDULE
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| 19 | | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being |
| 20 | | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois |
| 21 | | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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