HJRES 42 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights.

Introduced Mar 31, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Peter Hoekstra R-MI

Latest action · Apr 27, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 31, 2009
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - States that the liberty of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children is a fundamental right.

States that neither the United States nor any state shall infringe upon this right without demonstrating that its governmental interest as applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwise served.

Provides that no treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed by this amendment.

Cosponsors 141

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 31, 2009 to Sep 20, 2010; 70 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-KY	Brett Guthrie	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-IN	Dan Burton	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-MI	Dave Camp	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-NV	Dean Heller	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-KY	Ed Whitfield	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-VA	Eric Cantor	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-KY	Geoff Davis	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-CA	George Radanovich	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-MS	Gregg Harper	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-GA	Jack Kingston	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-OH	Jean Schmidt	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-KS	Jerry Moran	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-OH	Jim Jordan	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-OH	John A. Boehner	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-AR	John Boozman	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-CA	John Campbell	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-LA	John Fleming	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-MN	John Kline	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-TX	John R. Carter	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-OK	John Sullivan	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-TX	Kenny Marchant	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-OK	Mary Fallin	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-MN	Michele Bachmann	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-IN	Mike Pence	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-GA	Nathan Deal	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-GA	Paul C. Broun	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-GA	Phil Gingrey	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-LA	Rodney Alexander	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-TX	Sam Johnson	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-GA	Tom Price	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-AZ	Trent Franks	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-FL	Vern Buchanan	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-CA	Wally Herger	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-TN	Zach Wamp	Original	Mar 31, 2009
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Apr 23, 2009
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Apr 23, 2009
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Apr 23, 2009
R-NY	John M. McHugh		Apr 23, 2009
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Apr 23, 2009
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Apr 23, 2009
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Apr 23, 2009
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Apr 23, 2009
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		May 7, 2009
R-CA	Darrell Issa		May 7, 2009
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		May 7, 2009
R-CA	Ken Calvert		May 7, 2009
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		May 7, 2009
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		May 7, 2009
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		May 7, 2009
R-WA	Doc Hastings		May 21, 2009
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		May 21, 2009
R-TX	Joe Barton		May 21, 2009
R-CA	Kevin McCarthy		May 21, 2009
R-MO	Sam Graves		May 21, 2009
R-LA	Steve Scalise		May 21, 2009
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		Jun 11, 2009
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Jun 11, 2009
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jun 17, 2009
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Jun 19, 2009
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Jun 19, 2009
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Jun 19, 2009
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Jun 19, 2009
R-IA	Steve King		Jun 19, 2009
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Jun 19, 2009
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Jun 26, 2009
R-OR	Greg Walden		Jun 26, 2009
R-TX	Pete Olson		Jun 26, 2009
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Jun 26, 2009
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Jul 16, 2009
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Jul 16, 2009
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Jul 24, 2009
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Jul 24, 2009
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Jul 24, 2009
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Jul 29, 2009
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Jul 29, 2009
R-TX	Kay Granger		Jul 29, 2009
R-TX	Ted Poe		Jul 29, 2009
R-NC	Howard Coble		Sep 14, 2009
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Sep 14, 2009
R-AK	Don Young		Sep 23, 2009
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Sep 23, 2009
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Sep 23, 2009
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Sep 25, 2009
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Sep 25, 2009
R-MI	Fred Upton		Oct 22, 2009
R-IA	Tom Latham		Oct 22, 2009
R-OH	Steve Austria		Oct 29, 2009
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Nov 3, 2009
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Nov 7, 2009
R-CA	Mary Bono		Nov 7, 2009
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Nov 19, 2009
R-NY	Christopher J. Lee		Dec 16, 2009
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Mar 16, 2010
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Mar 25, 2010
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Apr 20, 2010
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Apr 20, 2010
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Apr 20, 2010
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Apr 26, 2010
R-AL	Parker Griffith		May 6, 2010
D-IN	Brad Ellsworth		May 19, 2010
R-HI	Charles K. Djou		Jul 13, 2010
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Jul 20, 2010
R-GA	Tom Graves		Jul 28, 2010
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Aug 10, 2010
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Sep 20, 2010

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Mar 31, 2009
	Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee	Referred Apr 27, 2009

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 27, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Mar 31, 2009Introduced in House
Mar 31, 2009Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
SJRES 13	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to parental rights.	Identical bill	Mar 3, 2009
SJRES 16	A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to parental rights.	Related bill	May 14, 2009

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 31, 2009Introduced in House

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