US Congress Senate Joint Resolution 48 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on August 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-08-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights. This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment stating that: the liberty of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children is a fundamental right; the parental right to direct education includes the right to choose, as an alternative to public education, private, religious, or home schools, and the right to make reasonable choices within public schools for one's child; neither the United States nor any state shall infringe upon these rights without demonstrating that its governmental interest as applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwise served; the parental rights guaranteed by this amendment shall not be denied or abridged on account of disability; this amendment shall not be construed to apply to a parental action or decision that would end life; and no treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed by this amendment.

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights.

Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Johnny Isakson [R-GA]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-08-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HJR121 (Related) 2017-12-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/48/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/sjres48/BILLS-115sjres48is.pdf