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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 8,
TO 2005 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 53
December 6, 2005 - Offered by Senator Carpenter.
SJR53-SSA8,1,3 1To create section 13 of article XIII of the constitution; relating to: providing that
2only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized
3as a marriage in this state (first consideration).
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This proposed constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2005 legislature on
first consideration, provides that only a marriage between one man and one woman
shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state. The state shall pay all costs
for municipalities or private employers to defend against lawsuits challenging their
domestic partnership benefits or registries.
A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by 2 successive
legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.
SJR53-SSA8,1,4 4Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That:
SJR53-SSA8, s. 1 5Section 1. Section 13 of article XIII of the constitution is created to read:
SJR53-SSA8,2,26 [Article XIII] Section 13. Only a marriage between one man and one woman
7shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state. The state shall pay all costs

1for municipalities or private employers to defend against lawsuits challenging their
2domestic partnership benefits or registries.
SJR53-SSA8, s. 2 3Section 2. Numbering of new provision. The new section 13 of article XIII
4of the constitution created in this joint resolution shall be designated by the next
5higher open whole section number in that article if, before the ratification by the
6people of the amendment proposed in this joint resolution, any other ratified
7amendment has created a section 13 of article XIII of the constitution of this state.
8If one or more joint resolutions create a section 13 of article XIII simultaneously with
9the ratification by the people of the amendment proposed in this joint resolution, the
10sections created shall be numbered and placed in a sequence so that the sections
11created by the joint resolution having the lowest enrolled joint resolution number
12have the numbers designated in that joint resolution and the sections created by the
13other joint resolutions have numbers that are in the same ascending order as are the
14numbers of the enrolled joint resolutions creating the sections.
SJR53-SSA8,2,17 15Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the
16legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3
17months previous to the time of holding such election.
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