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Minnesota Equal Rights Regardless of Gender Amendment (2020)
| Minnesota Equal Rights Regardless of Gender Amendment | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Constitutional rights | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Minnesota Equal Rights Regardless of Gender Amendment was not on the ballot in Minnesota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have amended the Minnesota Constitution to state that "equality under the law must not be abridged or denied on account of gender."[1]
The measure was not passed before the legislative session adjourned.
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title would have been as follows:[1]
| “ | Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that equality under the law must not be abridged or denied on account of gender?[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article I, Minnesota Constitution
The ballot measure would have added a Section 18 to Article I of the Minnesota Constitution. The following text would have been added:[1]
Section 18. Equality under the law shall not be abridged or denied on account of gender.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Minnesota Constitution
In Minnesota, a referred constitutional amendment requires a simple majority vote in each chamber of the Minnesota State Legislature during one legislative session.
The constitutional amendment was introduced on January 10, 2019, as House File 13 (HF 13).[1]
On March 7, 2019, the Minnesota House of Representatives approved HF 13, with 72 members supporting the constitutional amendment, 55 members opposing the constitutional amendment, and six members not voting. Since there were 133 representatives on March 7, at least 67 votes were required.[1]
The measure was not passed before the session adjourned.
| Vote in the Minnesota House of Representatives | |||
| Requirement: Simple majority vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required: 67  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 72 | 55 | 6 |
| Total percent | 54.14% | 41.35% | 4.51% |
| Democrat | 71 | 2 | 2 |
| Republican | 1 | 52 | 4 |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Minnesota Constitution, "HB 13," accessed March 8, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
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State of Minnesota St. Paul (capital) |
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