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                             PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
                                                       PRINTER'S NO.    629
                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 617
                                               Session of
                                                 2025
     INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, HAMM, STEHR, M. MACKENZIE, JAMES,
        GREINER, KAUFFMAN, COOPER, SCIALABBA, BOROWICZ AND ZIMMERMAN,
        FEBRUARY 20, 2025
     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
                              A JOINT RESOLUTION
 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
    of Pennsylvania, providing for right to medical freedom.
    The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 hereby resolves as follows:
    Section 1.    The following amendment to the Constitution of
 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
    That Article I be amended by adding a section to read:
 § 30.   Right to medical freedom.
    The right of an individual to refuse any medical procedure,
 treatment, injection, vaccine or prophylactic may not be
 questioned or interfered with in any manner. Equality of rights
 under the law shall not be denied or abridged to any person in
 this Commonwealth because of the exercise of the right under
 this section.
    Section 2.    The following procedure applies to the proposed
 constitutional amendment in this joint resolution
    Section 2.    The following procedure applies to the proposed
 constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
        (1)   Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
    the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
    proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
    requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
    of Pennsylvania.
        (2)   Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
    the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
    proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
    requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
    of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
    submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
    Commonwealth at the first general or municipal election which
    meets the requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
    Constitution of Pennsylvania.
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