Full Text of SJR0080 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Ninety-second Congress of the United States of | 3 | | America, at its Second Session, adopted a Joint Resolution to | 4 | | amend the Constitution of the United States of America with | 5 | | language commonly referred to as the Equal Rights Amendment; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The proposed amendment was sent to the states for | 8 | | ratification, but was not ratified within the time period | 9 | | established by Congress; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Constitution guarantees that equal | 11 | | protection of the laws shall not be denied or abridged on | 12 | | account of sex by the State or its units of local government | 13 | | and school districts; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
| 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
| 16 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we hereby apply to Congress to call a | 17 | | limited constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing | 18 | | to the states for ratification an amendment to the United | 19 | | States Constitution; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That this amendment should be worded as follows, | 21 | | without substantial alteration: "The equal protection of the |
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abridged on account of sex by the | 2 | | United States or any State."; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing | 4 | | application in accordance with Article V of the United States | 5 | | Constitution until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of | 6 | | the several states have made application for a limited | 7 | | constitutional convention; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That, if the limited convention called by | 9 | | Congress is not limited to the topics proposed in this | 10 | | resolution, that this resolution calling for a convention shall | 11 | | be considered null and void and legally insufficient to be | 12 | | considered under Article V as one of the two-thirds of the | 13 | | several state resolutions necessary to call a limited | 14 | | constitutional convention; if a limited convention were to | 15 | | consider topics beyond the limited scope of this call for a | 16 | | constitutional convention, delegates, representatives, or | 17 | | participants shall be selected by the citizens of the State of | 18 | | Illinois to participate in the limited convention and shall be | 19 | | permitted to vote only on proposed amendments topically | 20 | | contained within the scope of this call and shall be instructed | 21 | | to vote against any other proposed amendments; and be it | 22 | | further | 23 | | RESOLVED, That, if two-thirds of the legislatures of the |
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| 1 | | several states make application to Congress to call a limited | 2 | | constitutional convention, the State of Illinois requests that | 3 | | such a convention be called not later than 6 months after | 4 | | Congress receives the necessary applications from state | 5 | | legislatures; and be it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House | 8 | | of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of | 9 | | the United States Senate, the members of the Illinois | 10 | | congressional delegation, the presiding officers of each | 11 | | chamber of each state legislature in the United States, and the | 12 | | news media of the State of Illinois.
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