CRC - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Proposal No. P 59 Ì289304&Î289304 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Education (Johnson) recommended the following: 1 CRC Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the proposal clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 3 of Article I of the State Constitution is amended 6 to read: 7 ARTICLE I 8 DECLARATION OF RIGHTS 9 SECTION 3. Religious freedom.—There shall be no law 10 respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting or 11 penalizing the free exercise thereof. Religious freedom shall 12 not justify practices inconsistent with public morals, peace or 13 safety. No revenue of the state or any political subdivision or 14 agency thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury 15 directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious 16 denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution. This 17 section shall be construed in conformity with the First 18 Amendment to the United States Constitution, as interpreted by 19 the United States Supreme Court. 20 21 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 22 And the title is amended as follows: 23 Delete everything before the proposal clause 24 and insert: 25 A proposal to amend 26 Section 3 of Article I of the State Constitution to 27 provide that this section shall be construed in 28 conformity with the First Amendment to the United 29 States Constitution.