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The '''Minnesota Equal Under the Law Amendment''' | The '''Minnesota Equal Under the Law Amendment''' {{Greener | start =11/5/2024 9:30pm MST | before = is|after = was}} | ||
not on the [[Minnesota 2024 ballot measures|ballot]] in [[Minnesota]] as a {{lrcafull}} on [[Minnesota 2024 ballot measures|November 5, 2024]].<ref name=Overview>[https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF0037&ssn=0&y=2023 ''Minnesota State Legislature'', "SF 37," accessed May 18, 2023]</ref> | |||
The constitutional amendment would | The constitutional amendment would have added language to the constitution to prohibit the denial of rights to individuals based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, ancestry, or national origin. An amendment to the bill by the state House of Representatives included a right to make decisions about all matters relating to one's own pregnancy or decision whether to become or remain pregnant and move the vote on the amendment to the 2026 general election. The Senate did not approve the measure before the 2024 legislative session adjourned.<ref name=Text>[https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=SF37&version=latest&session=ls93&session_year=2023&session_number=0 ''Minnesota State Legislature'', "SF 37 Text," accessed May 18, 2023]</ref> | ||
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This amendment was introduced as Senate File 37 on January 5, 2023. On May 17, 2023, the state Senate passed SF 37 in a vote of 43-23.<ref name=Overview/> | This amendment was introduced as Senate File 37 on January 5, 2023. On May 17, 2023, the state Senate passed SF 37 in a vote of 43-23.<ref name=Overview/> | ||
The amendment did not receive final approval in both houses before the legislature adjourned its 2024 legislative session. | |||
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Constitutional rights and Abortion | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Minnesota Equal Under the Law Amendment was not on the ballot in Minnesota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.[1]
The constitutional amendment would have added language to the constitution to prohibit the denial of rights to individuals based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, ancestry, or national origin. An amendment to the bill by the state House of Representatives included a right to make decisions about all matters relating to one's own pregnancy or decision whether to become or remain pregnant and move the vote on the amendment to the 2026 general election. The Senate did not approve the measure before the 2024 legislative session adjourned.[2]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the amendment is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Minnesota Constitution
To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a simple majority vote is required in both the Minnesota State Senate and the Minnesota House of Representatives.
This amendment was introduced as Senate File 37 on January 5, 2023. On May 17, 2023, the state Senate passed SF 37 in a vote of 43-23.[1]
The amendment did not receive final approval in both houses before the legislature adjourned its 2024 legislative session.
| Vote in the Minnesota State Senate | |||
| Requirement: Simple majority vote of all members in each chamber | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 43 | 23 | 1 |
| Total percent | 65.2% | 34.8% | 1.5% |
| Democrat | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 9 | 23 | 1 |
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