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Resolution Number: 2006-A020
Title: Amend Constitution Article I.2 [House of Bishops--First Reading]
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred as Substituted
Final Text:

Resolved, That Article I, Section 2, of the Constitution be amended as follows:

All Bishops of this Church, except any excluded by canon or under the Rules of the House, shall have seat and voice in the House of Bishops. Each Bishop of this Church having jurisdiction, Bishop Coadjutor, Bishop Suffragan, Assistant Bishop, and every bishop holding an office created by General Convention shall have a vote in the House of Bishops. A majority of all Bishops entitled to vote shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for transaction of business.;and be it further

Resolved, That this amendment to Article 1, Section 2, shall take effect immediately upon passage.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Columbus, 2006 (New York: General Convention, 2007), pp. 567-568.