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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Ninety-second Congress of the United States of | ||||||
| 3 | America, at its Second Session, adopted a Joint Resolution to | ||||||
| 4 | amend the Constitution of the United States of America with | ||||||
| 5 | language commonly referred to as the Equal Rights Amendment; | ||||||
| 6 | and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The proposed amendment was sent to the states for | ||||||
| 8 | ratification, but was not ratified within the time period | ||||||
| 9 | established by Congress; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Constitution guarantees that equal | ||||||
| 11 | protection of the laws shall not be denied or abridged on | ||||||
| 12 | account of sex by the State or its units of local government | ||||||
| 13 | and school districts; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
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| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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| 16 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we hereby apply to Congress to call a | ||||||
| 17 | limited constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing | ||||||
| 18 | to the states for ratification an amendment to the United | ||||||
| 19 | States Constitution; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That this amendment should be worded as follows, | ||||||
| 21 | without substantial alteration: "The equal protection of the | ||||||
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| 1 | laws shall not be denied or
abridged on account of sex by the | ||||||
| 2 | United States or any State."; and be it further | ||||||
| 3 | RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing | ||||||
| 4 | application in accordance with Article V of the United States | ||||||
| 5 | Constitution until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of | ||||||
| 6 | the several states have made application for a limited | ||||||
| 7 | constitutional convention; and be it further | ||||||
| 8 | RESOLVED, That, if the limited convention called by | ||||||
| 9 | Congress is not limited to the topics proposed in this | ||||||
| 10 | resolution, that this resolution calling for a convention shall | ||||||
| 11 | be considered null and void and legally insufficient to be | ||||||
| 12 | considered under Article V as one of the two-thirds of the | ||||||
| 13 | several state resolutions necessary to call a limited | ||||||
| 14 | constitutional convention; if a limited convention were to | ||||||
| 15 | consider topics beyond the limited scope of this call for a | ||||||
| 16 | constitutional convention, delegates, representatives, or | ||||||
| 17 | participants shall be selected by the citizens of the State of | ||||||
| 18 | Illinois to participate in the limited convention and shall be | ||||||
| 19 | permitted to vote only on proposed amendments topically | ||||||
| 20 | contained within the scope of this call and shall be instructed | ||||||
| 21 | to vote against any other proposed amendments; and be it | ||||||
| 22 | further | ||||||
| 23 | RESOLVED, That, if two-thirds of the legislatures of the | ||||||
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| 1 | several states make application to Congress to call a limited | ||||||
| 2 | constitutional convention, the State of Illinois requests that | ||||||
| 3 | such a convention be called not later than 6 months after | ||||||
| 4 | Congress receives the necessary applications from state | ||||||
| 5 | legislatures; and be it further | ||||||
| 6 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House | ||||||
| 8 | of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of | ||||||
| 9 | the United States Senate, the members of the Illinois | ||||||
| 10 | congressional delegation, the presiding officers of each | ||||||
| 11 | chamber of each state legislature in the United States, and the | ||||||
| 12 | news media of the State of Illinois.
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