Bill Text: FL H1399 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Religious Freedom

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 15-1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Rules and Calendar Council [H1399 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1399-Comm_Sub.html

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CS/HJR 1399

1	House Joint Resolution
2	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 3 of
3	Article I of the State Constitution to provide that an
4	individual may not be barred from participating in any
5	public program because of choosing to use public benefits
6	at a religious provider and to delete a prohibition
7	against using public revenues in aid of any church, sect,
8	or religious denomination or any sectarian institution.
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10	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	That the following amendment to Section 3 of Article I of
13	the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
14	the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
15	general election or at an earlier special election specifically
16	authorized by law for that purpose:
17	ARTICLE I
18	DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
19	SECTION 3. Religious freedom.-There shall be no law
20	respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting or
21	penalizing the free exercise thereof. Religious freedom shall
22	not justify practices inconsistent with public morals, peace or
23	safety. An individual may not be barred from participating in
24	any public program because that individual has freely chosen to
25	use his or her program benefits at a religious provider. No
26	revenue of the state or any political subdivision or agency
27	thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly or
28	indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination
29	or in aid of any sectarian institution.
30	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
31	placed on the ballot:
32	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
33	ARTICLE I, SECTION 3
34	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.-Proposing an amendment to the State
35	Constitution to provide that an individual may not be barred
36	from participating in any public program because that individual
37	has chosen to use his or her program benefits at a religious
38	provider, and to delete the prohibition against using revenues
39	from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any
40	church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any
41	sectarian institution.

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.