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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8202
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session
By Senators Keiser, Kuderer, Conway, Dhingra, Frame, Hasegawa, Hunt,
Liias, Nguyen, Pedersen, Rolfes, Salomon, Stanford, Valdez, Van De
Wege, and C. Wilson; by request of Office of the Governor
Prefiled 12/21/22. Read first time 01/09/23. Referred to Committee
on Health & Long Term Care.
1 BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:
3 THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state the
4 secretary of state shall submit to the qualified voters of the state
5 for their approval and ratification, or rejection, a new Article to
6 the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:
7 ARTICLE XXXIII
8 REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
9 SECTION 1 REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. The state shall not deny or
10 interfere with an individual's reproductive freedom decisions, which
11 includes the individual's fundamental right to choose to have an
12 abortion and the individual's fundamental right to choose to use
13 contraception. This article is intended to expressly set forth the
14 existing constitutional right to make reproductive freedom decisions
15 for oneself included in a person's liberty, privacy, and equal
16 protection rights guaranteed by Article I, sections 3 and 7, Article
17 XXXI, section 1, or any other applicable provision of the state
18 Constitution. Initiative measure no. 120, as approved by the people
19 of Washington in 1991, is consistent with this article. Nothing
20 herein narrows or limits the right to liberty, privacy, or equal
21 protection under the laws.
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause
2 notice of this constitutional amendment to be published at least four
3 times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every
4 legal newspaper in the state.
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