HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION L


     February 27, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Cameron Brown, Julian, Toy, Vander Roest, Gosselin, Mead, Ehardt, Pappageorge,
Birkholz, Vander Veen, Vear, Allen and Voorhees and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and the Judiciary.


        A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, by adding section 25 to article I, to prohibit

   the infringement of the right to privacy without due process of

   law.

        Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

   state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, to prohibit the infringement of the right to

   privacy without due process of law, is proposed, agreed to, and

   submitted to the people of the state:

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                                  ARTICLE I

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           SEC. 25.  ALL PEOPLE ARE BY NATURE FREE AND INDEPENDENT AND

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      HAVE CERTAIN INALIENABLE RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO ENJOY AND

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      DEFEND LIFE AND LIBERTY, TO ACQUIRE, POSSESS, AND PROTECT

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      PROPERTY, AND PURSUE AND OBTAIN SAFETY, HAPPINESS, AND PRIVACY.

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      INCLUDED IN AN INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT TO PURSUE AND OBTAIN PRIVACY IS


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      THE RIGHT TO PREVENT DISCLOSURE OF HIS OR HER SOCIAL SECURITY

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      NUMBER AND OTHER PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION TO ANOTHER

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      PERSON, UNLESS THE DISCLOSURE IS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED

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      BY LAW.

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           Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be sub-

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      mitted to the people of the state at the next general election in

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      the manner provided by law.










































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