Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 1988-B016
Title: Amend and Renumber Canon I.1 as follows:
Canon I.1.2 [Substitute (n) 4: Standing Commission on Health]
Canon I.1.2 [Add (n) 5: Standing Commission on Human Affairs]
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred As Substituted
Final Text:

Resolved, That Canon I.1.2(n) (4) be amended by striking the same in its entirety and by substituting the following two subsections and renumbering existing subsections 5-9 accordingly:

(4) . A Standing Commission on Health, consisting of 9 members (2 Bishops, 2 Presbyters or Deacons, and 5 Lay Persons) who shall include representation of a broad diversity of scientific and medical disciplines. It shall be the duty of the Commission to study and concern itself with the theological, ethical and pastoral questions inherent in the subjects considered by the Commission.

(5) . A Standing Commission on Human Affairs consisting of 9 members (2 Bishops, 2 Presbyters or Deacons, and 5 Lay Persons). It shall be the duty of the Commission to study and concern itself with the theological, ethical and pastoral questions inherent in the subjects considered by the Commission.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Detroit, 1988 (New York: General Convention, 1989), p. 317.