| Resolution Number: | 2015-D008 | |
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| Title: | Amend Constitution Article I.1 [General Convention--First Reading] | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted and Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That Article I, Section 1 of the Constitution is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1. There shall be a General Convention of this Church, consisting of
the House of Bishops and the House of Deputies, which
Houses shallwill sit, and
deliberate debate, and vote separately; unless otherwise
provided for by this Constitution or the Canons. The Houses by majority vote of
each House may call for the Houses to sit, debate, and vote, or any combination
thereof, together. The General Convention may by Canon establish procedures for
such sessions. and iIn all deliberations freedom of
debate shall be allowed. Either House may originate and propose legislation,
and all acts of the Convention shall be adopted and be authenticated by both
Houses.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Salt Lake City, 2015 (New York: General Convention, 2015), p. 463. |
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