S-1651.2

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8204

BySenators Slatter, Krishnadasan, Cleveland, Dhingra, Saldaña, Alvarado, Valdez, Pedersen, Salomon, Cortes, Orwall, Conway, Lovelett, Nobles, Shewmake, Lovick, Riccelli, Ramos, Hasegawa, Frame, Liias, C. Wilson, Stanford, Kauffman, Robinson, Bateman, Chapman, and Trudeau

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 the secretary of state shall submit to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, a new Article to the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

ARTICLE XXXIII

REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE

SECTION 1 REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE. The state shall not deny or interfere with an individual's reproductive freedom decisions, which includes the individual's fundamental right to choose to have an abortion, the individual's fundamental right to choose to use contraception, the individual's fundamental right to choose to use assisted reproductive technology, and the individual's fundamental right to be free from discrimination on the basis of the individual's pregnancy outcome, nor shall the state deny or interfere with an individual's gender-affirming care decisions. Nothing in this article narrows or limits the right to liberty, privacy, or equal protection under the laws.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of this 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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