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The Utah Gender-Neutral Constitutional Language Amendment, appearing on the ballot as Utah Constitutional Amendment A, [1] is a constitutional amendment in Utah, which appeared on the ballot on November 3, 2020. [2] The amendment intended to replace all gendered language in the Constitution of Utah with gender-neutral language. [2]
The constitution was later approved by the citizens of Utah. It took several attempts to get a constitution approved by Congress, which admitted Utah as a state in 1896. [2] During the 2024 United States elections, Utah legislatures attempted to pass an amendment to the Utah constitution that would give power over ballot measures to lawmakers. [4]
The Constitution of Utah originally stated that, should the office of governor be vacant, the power be devolved upon the Secretary of State, [71] but the office of Lieutenant Governor was created in 1976, and a 1980 constitutional amendment added it to the constitution. [72]
Openly gay Utah Senator Scott McCoy (D-Salt Lake) unsuccessfully sponsored the bill S.B. 169 ("Sodomy Amendments") in 2007. The bill would have amended the state sodomy law by repealing its unconstitutional parts. The bill failed without consideration. [8]
Congress has also enacted statutes governing the constitutional amendment process. When a constitutional amendment is sent to the states for ratification, the Archivist of the United States is charged with responsibility for administering the ratification process under the provisions of 1 U.S.C. § 106b. [5]
Utah Senate Bill 296 is a law passed by the Utah State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Gary Herbert in 2015. SB 296 amended the 1997 Utah Antidiscrimination Act to add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes under state law when it comes to housing and employment.
Adoption of marriage amendments over time. Prior to the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v.Hodges (2015), U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions of several different types passed, banning legal recognition of same-sex unions in U.S. state constitutions, referred to by proponents as "defense of marriage amendments" or "marriage protection amendments."
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