CRC - 2017                                                  P 30
       
       
        
       By Commissioner Martinez
       
       martinezr-00060-17                                      201730__
    1                         A proposal to amend                       
    2         Section 2 of Article I of the State Constitution to
    3         provide that a person may not be deprived of any right
    4         because of any disability.
    5          
    6  Be It Proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission of
    7  Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 2 of Article I of the State Constitution is amended
   10  to read:
   11                              ARTICLE I                            
   12                        DECLARATION OF RIGHTS                      
   13         SECTION 2. Basic rights.—All natural persons, female and
   14  male alike, are equal before the law and have inalienable
   15  rights, among which are the right to enjoy and defend life and
   16  liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and
   17  to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the
   18  ownership, inheritance, disposition and possession of real
   19  property by aliens ineligible for citizenship may be regulated
   20  or prohibited by law. No person shall be deprived of any right
   21  because of race, religion, national origin, or any physical
   22  disability.