Bill > HJR519

Introduced Session

Constitutional amendment (first reference); fundamental right to reproductive freedom. Provides that every individual has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom and that the right to make and effectuate one's own decisions about all matters related to one's pregnancy cannot be denied, burdened, or otherwise infringed upon by the Commonwealth, unless justified by a compelling state interest and achieved by the least restrictive means. The amendment prohibits the Commonwealth from penalizing, prosecuting, or otherwise taking adverse action against an individual for exercising the individual's right to reproductive freedom or for aiding another individual in the exercise of such right, unless justified by a compelling state interest.

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Elizabeth Guzmán (D)*,  Charniele Herring (D)*,  Candi Mundon King (D)*,  Dawn Adams (D),  Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D),  Jeffrey Bourne (D),  Betsy Carr (D),  Nadarius Clark (D),  Kelly Convirs-Fowler (D),  Karrie Delaney (D),  Eileen Filler-Corn (D),  Jackie Glass (D),  Wendy Gooditis (D),  Dan Helmer (D),  Patrick Hope (D),  Sally Hudson (D),  Clinton Jenkins (D),  Kaye Kory (D),  Michelle Lopes-Maldonado (D),  Alfonso Lopez (D),  Delores McQuinn (D),  Kenneth Plum (D),  Marcia Price (D),  Sam Rasoul (D),  Don Scott (D),  Holly Seibold (D),  Irene Shin (D),  Marcus Simon (D),  Shelly Simonds (D),  Suhas Subramanyam (D),  Richard Sullivan (D),  Kathy Tran (D),  Vivian Watts (D),  Rodney Willett (D), 

Left in Courts of Justice (on 02/07/2023)

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