SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6
(By Senators Bailey, Yoder and White)
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[Introduced January 19, 2007; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West
Virginia, amending article III thereof by adding thereto a new
section, designated section twenty-three, relating to
providing for the recognition of the right of the people to
privacy.
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of
the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:
That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment
to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to
the voters of the State at the next general election to be held in
the year two thousand eight, or at any special election held prior
thereto, which proposed amendment is that article III thereof be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty-three, to read as follows:
ARTICLE III. BILL OF RIGHTS.
§23. Right to privacy.
The right of the people to privacy is recognized and shall not
be infringed without the showing of a compelling state interest.
The Legislature shall take affirmative steps to implement this
right.
Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of
article eleven, chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, such proposed
amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment No. 1" and designated as
the "Amendment Recognizing the Right to Privacy" and the purpose of
the proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "Amend the State
Constitution recognizing the right of the people to privacy."
NOTE: The purpose of this resolution is to amend the State
Constitution to recognize the right of the people to privacy.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.