Utah Gender-Neutral Constitutional Language Amendment

Constitutional Amendment 3
November 3, 2020
Gender-Neutral Constitutional Language Amendment
Results
Choice
 Votes %
Yes 828,585 57.69%
No 607,779 42.31%
Valid votes 1,436,364 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes 0 0.00%
Total votes 1,436,364 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 1,857,861 77.31%

The Utah Gender-Neutral Constitutional Language Amendment, appearing on the ballot as Utah Constitutional Amendment A,[1] is a constitutional amendment in Utah, which appeared on the ballot on November 3, 2020.[2]

The amendment intended to replace all gendered language in the Constitution of Utah with gender-neutral language.[2] According to Deidre Henderson, the State Senator who proposed the amendment, only 6 of the 237 sections of the constitution would be modified, in order to bring them in line with the other 231 sections, which already use gender-neutral language.[2] [3] The amendment was unanimously approved in both the State Senate and the Utah House of Representatives, allowing it to be put on the ballot.[4] If the amendment was passed by voters, it would go into effect on January 1, 2021.[1][2][5]

The amendment passed with 57.69% of the votes.[2]

  1. ^ a b "CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT A" (PDF). voteinfo.utah.gov. Utah State Government. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-12. Retrieved 22 Oct 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Utah Gender-Neutral Constitutional Language Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on 2024-08-01. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  3. ^ Roche, Lisa Riley (2019-01-29). "Resolution would make Utah Constitution gender neutral". DeseretNews.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  4. ^ Stevens, Taylor (6 March 2019). "Lawmakers want to make the state's constitution gender-neutral. Utah voters will have final word". The Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  5. ^ Ashcraft, Emily (2019-03-06). "Legislature passes resolution to make Utah Constitution gender neutral". DeseretNews.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2019-06-22.