This page contains documents relating to resolutions submitted to the 81st General Convention, meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, June 23-28, 2024.  For additional research on previous actions or topics considered by General Convention, please contact the Archives using the Research Request Form. Be sure to identify yourself as a Legislative Committee member in order to receive a priority response. The chair of any Legislative Committee may request the posting of supplementary documents provided they are related and historical in nature.

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Legislative Research on Proposed Legislation

Note: This page is updated frequently as resolutions are assigned to committees.

Resolution Number Titlesort descending Committee Topic
2024-C024 Diocesan Assessments to the Wider Church 03 - Governance and Structure Budget, Dioceses
2024-C005 Diocesan Conversations Regarding Provinces 03 - Governance and Structure Provinces
2024-A029 Divest from Fossil Fuels 13 - Stewardship and Socially Responsible Investing Environment, Socially Responsible Investment
2024-D026 Enable Episcopal Migration Ministries to More Fully Live Out its Mission 04 - World Mission Immigration
2024-D037 Encourage All Ministries of The Episcopal Church to Assess Intersections with Migration 06 - Social Justice and International Policy Immigration
2024-C035 End the Practice of Labor Trafficking of Migrant Youth 07 - Social Justice and United States Policy Immigration, Public Policy, Social Action
2024-D042 Ending Child and Forced Marriage 07 - Social Justice and United States Policy Human Rights, Marriage
2024-A020 Establish a Standing Commission on Care of Creation and Environmental Racism 15 - Environmental Stewardship and Care of Creation Environment, Racism, Structure
2024-A127 Establish a Working Group to Update Biographies in Lesser Feasts and Fasts 10 - Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music Church Calendar, Lesser Feasts/Fasts
2024-A035 Establish Model Policies for Anti/Racism/Racial Reconciliation Work 05 - Racial Truth-Telling, Reckoning and Healing Racism, Reconciliation
2024-A026 Establishing a Database for Title IV Outcomes on the Office of Transitional Ministry Profiles of Clergy 18 - Title IV: Disciplinary Canons Discipline, Technology
2024-A134 Establishing a Task Force for the Funding and Study of Compensation and Benefits for Deacons and Non-Stipendiary Priests 12 - Agencies and Boards Clergy Benefits, Structure
2024-A133 Establishing a Task Force for the Study of Fair Hiring Policies within The Episcopal Church 17 - Accessibility and Inclusion DFMS/PECUSA, Employee Benefits, Structure
2024-A132 Establishing an Online Hub for Continuing Formation and Ministry Resources 11 - Formation and Discipleship Christian Formation, Ministry, Technology
2024-D015 Examine the Disparity in Treatment in the Adjudication of Clergy under Title IV Disciplinary Process by Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation 18 - Title IV: Disciplinary Canons Discipline
2024-B001 Experimental Creation Care Language for the Baptismal Covenant 10 - Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music Baptism, Environment
2024-D004 Express Solidarity with Palestinians as an Indigenous People 06 - Social Justice and International Policy Middle East
2024-A006 Feasibility Study of a Fund to Pay Congregations’ Future Benefit Obligations 12 - Agencies and Boards Employee Benefits, Small Churches
2024-A098 Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation 15 - Environmental Stewardship and Care of Creation Environment
2024-A001 General Convention Daily Agenda 21 - Dispatch of Business/HOD General Convention
2024-A032 Hire a Chief Equity Officer 05 - Racial Truth-Telling, Reckoning and Healing DFMS/PECUSA, Racism
2024-A156 House of Deputies Rules of Order on Written Comments 01 - Rules of Order/HOD General Convention, House of Deputies, Rules of Order
2024-A157 House of Deputies Rules on Legislative Committee Report Deadline 01 - Rules of Order/HOD General Convention, House of Deputies, Rules of Order
2024-B006 Include the Episcopal Church in Micronesia in the Diocese of Hawai’i 03 - Governance and Structure Dioceses
2024-D049 Increase by One the Possible Number of Bishops Suffragans in a Diocese 02 - Constitution and Canons Bishops, Constitution--First Reading
2024-A027 Increase Recruitment, Hiring, Appointment, Retention, and Representation of People of Color in Church Positions 05 - Racial Truth-Telling, Reckoning and Healing Racism, Reconciliation
2024-A007 Invitation to CPF to Forecast Effects of Reduced Pension Assessment Obligations on Clergy Deployment and on Benefit Levels 12 - Agencies and Boards Church Pension Fund, Employee Benefits, Small Churches
2024-A084 Join The Communion Forest 15 - Environmental Stewardship and Care of Creation Environment
2024-C025 Juncture of The Episcopal Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan 03 - Governance and Structure Dioceses
2024-D019 Justice and Peace in Ukraine 06 - Social Justice and International Policy Peace, Warfare
2024-A129 Lectionary for Lesser Feasts and Fasts 10 - Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music Church Calendar, Lesser Feasts/Fasts
2024-D048 Length of Future General Conventions 03 - Governance and Structure General Convention
2024-A116 Marriage Rites for Inclusion in the Book of Common Prayer (First Reading) 10 - Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music Book of Common Prayer, Structure
2024-A079 Mental Health Sunday 16 - Safety, Wellness and Mental Health Health
2024-C015 Migration with Dignity 06 - Social Justice and International Policy Refugees
2024-C022 Migration with Dignity 06 - Social Justice and International Policy Human Rights, Immigration
2024-C031 Migration with Dignity 06 - Social Justice and International Policy Human Rights, Immigration
2024-C013 Migration with Dignity 06 - Social Justice and International Policy Refugees
2024-A030 No Investment in Certain Weapons 13 - Stewardship and Socially Responsible Investing Socially Responsible Investment, Weapons
2024-C003 On Affordable Housing 07 - Social Justice and United States Policy Poverty
2024-D063 On Mandatory Diocesan Assessment 03 - Governance and Structure Budget, Dioceses
2024-A012 On Opposing Israel's Apartheid 06 - Social Justice and International Policy Human Rights, Middle East
2024-C002 On Responsible Travel to the Holy Land 07 - Social Justice and International Policy Middle East
2024-C001 On the Most Reverend Michael Bruce Curry 23 - Privilege and Courtesy/HOD Courtesy
2024-A015 Owning a Commitment to Reparations 05 - Racial Truth-Telling, Reckoning and Healing Racism, Reconciliation
2024-D007 Peace Through Equal Rights in Israel/Palestine 06 - Social Justice and International Policy Human Rights, Middle East
2024-C009 Petition of the Episcopal Church In Navajoland to become a Missionary Diocese 03 - Governance and Structure New Dioceses
2024-A040 Practical Guidance for Christian-Muslim Relations 14 - Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations Ecumenism, Interfaith Relations
2024-A039 Practical Guidance for Episcopal-Jewish Relations 14 - Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations Ecumenism, Interfaith Relations
2024-A038 Practical Guidance for Interreligious Relations 14 - Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations Interfaith Relations, Seminaries, Theological Education