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                      SUBSTITUTE HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4203

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State of Washington              54th Legislature             1995 Regular Session

By House Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Representatives Padden, Campbell, Boldt, Stevens, Carrell, Benton, Johnson, L. Thomas, McMorris, Crouse, Casada, Backlund, Mulliken, Elliot, McMahan, Buck, Thompson, Hargrove, Sherstad and Koster)

Read first time 02/17/95.

Amending the state Constitution to protect rights of parents to upbring and educate children.

     BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:

     THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article I of the Constitution of the state of Washington by adding a new section to read as follows:

     Article I, section . . .  It is a fundamental principle that the paramount right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children shall not be infringed.  The legislature shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this section.

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of the foregoing constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.

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