After the House of Representatives unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday that would cut much of the gender-specific terminology from the state’s constitution, Utahns will get the final say on the proposal next year.
SJR7 would edit the constitution’s language to replace terms like “husband” and “wife” with “spouse,” and would swap out words like “man,” “him" and “he” with “person,” “the accused" and “himself or herself.”
If ultimately approved by voters in 2020, the resolution would make changes to six of the 237 sections in the Utah Constitution that the proposal’s sponsor, Sen.