Bill Text: FL S0084 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida Senate Joint Resolution 84 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Basic Rights [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Judiciary [S0084 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0084-Introduced.html

 
Florida Senate - 2010                                     SJR 84 
 
By Senator Sobel 
31-00112B-10                                            201084__ 
1                       Senate Joint Resolution 
2         A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 2 
3         of Article I of the State Constitution, relating to 
4         basic rights. 
5 
6  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
7 
8         That the following amendment to Section 2 of Article I of 
9  the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to 
10  the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next 
11  general election or at an earlier special election specifically 
12  authorized by law for that purpose: 
13                              ARTICLE I 
14                        DECLARATION OF RIGHTS 
15         SECTION 2. Basic rights.—All natural persons, female and 
16  male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable 
17  rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and 
18  liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and 
19  to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the 
20  ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real 
21  property by aliens ineligible for citizenship may be regulated 
22  or prohibited by law. No person shall be deprived of any right 
23  because of race, religion, national origin, or physical 
24  disability. 
25         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be 
26  placed on the ballot: 
27                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 
28                        ARTICLE I, SECTION 2 
29         DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.—This amendment to the State 
30  Constitution eliminates authority granted to the Legislature by 
31  a constitutional amendment adopted in 1926 which allowed the 
32  Legislature to regulate or eliminate the real property rights of 
33  individuals based on race or national origin. The Florida 
34  Constitution will now state that all natural persons, female and 
35  male alike, are equal before the law and have an inalienable 
36  right to acquire, possess, and protect property, without 
37  exception.