HB 1957 — A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, providing for personal reproductive liberty.

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                                                     PRINTER'S NO.     2468

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1957
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY OTTEN, HANBIDGE, MAYES, HILL-EVANS, VENKAT,
        WAXMAN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, GUENST, BOROWSKI, GIRAL, PIELLI,
        PROBST, KHAN, HOWARD, SCHWEYER, KINKEAD, SANCHEZ, HOHENSTEIN,
        SCHLOSSBERG, MALAGARI, D. WILLIAMS, STEELE, SHUSTERMAN,
        DEASY, O'MARA, GREEN AND DALEY, OCTOBER 16, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 16, 2025


                              A JOINT RESOLUTION
 1   Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
 2      of Pennsylvania, providing for personal reproductive liberty.
 3      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 4   hereby resolves as follows:
 5      Section 1.    The following amendment to the Constitution of
 6   Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
 7      That Article I be amended by adding a section to read:
 8   § 30.   Personal reproductive liberty.
 9      Every individual has the fundamental right to exercise
10   personal reproductive liberty and make and effectuate decisions
11   regarding the individual's own reproduction, including the
12   ability to choose or refuse to prevent, continue or end the
13   individual's pregnancy, the right to choose or refuse
14   contraceptives and the right to choose or refuse fertility care,
15   all without discrimination on the basis of race, age,
16   disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion
 1   or relationship status. The Commonwealth may not deny, burden,
 2   infringe upon or abridge this right unless justified by a
 3   compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive
 4   means.
 5      Section 2.    The following procedure applies to the proposed
 6   constitutional amendment in this joint resolution:
 7            (1)   Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of
 8      the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
 9      proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
10      requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
11      of Pennsylvania.
12            (2)   Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of
13      the amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
14      proceed immediately to comply with the advertising
15      requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution
16      of Pennsylvania. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall
17      submit the amendment to the qualified electors of this
18      Commonwealth at the first general or municipal election which
19      meets the requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
20      Constitution of Pennsylvania.




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