Bill Text: MI HJRAA | 2025-2026 | 103rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature: other; legislature to present passed bills to the governor within 14 days or by noon on December 31 in even-numbered year; require. Amends sec. 33, art. IV & sec. 1, art. XII of the state constitution.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-08-25 - Joint Resolution Electronically Reproduced 08/11/2026 [HJRAA Detail]
Download: Michigan-2025-HJRAA-Introduced.html
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION AA
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state constitution of 1963, by amending section 33 of article IV and section 1 of article XII, to require bills passed by the legislature to be presented to the governor within a certain time frame and require amendments to the constitution proposed by the legislature to be filed with the secretary of state within a certain time frame.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state constitution of 1963, to require bills passed by the legislature to be presented to the governor within a certain time frame and require amendments to the constitution proposed by the legislature to be filed with the secretary of state within a certain time frame, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
article IV
Sec. 33. (1) Every bill passed by the legislature shall be presented to the governor before it becomes law, and the shall be presented to the governor not later than the following, whichever is earlier:
(a) 14 calendar days after final passage of the bill.
(b) By noon on December 31 of an even-numbered year.
(2) The governor shall have has 14 days measured in hours and minutes from the time of presentation a bill is presented in which to consider it. If he the governor approves, he the governor shall within that time sign and file it the bill with the secretary of state and it the bill shall become law. If he the governor does not approve, and the legislature has within that time finally adjourned the session at which the bill was passed, it the bill shall not become law. If he the governor disapproves, and the legislature continues the session at which the bill was passed, he the governor shall return it the bill within such that 14-day period with his the governor's objections, to the house in which it the bill originated. That house shall enter such the objections in full in its that house's journal and reconsider the bill. If two-thirds of the members elected to and serving in that house pass the bill notwithstanding the objections of the governor, it the bill shall be sent with the objections to the other house for reconsideration. The bill shall become law if passed by two-thirds of the members elected to and serving in that house. The vote of each house shall be entered in the journal with the votes and names of the members voting thereon. on the bill. If any bill is not returned by the governor within such the 14-day period, the legislature continuing in session, it the bill shall become law as if he the governor had signed it .and the house in which the bill originated shall file the bill with the secretary of state not later than the following, whichever is earlier:
(a) 14 calendar days after the expiration of the 14-day period for the governor's consideration.
(b) By noon on December 31 of an even-numbered year.
Sec. 1. (1) Amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate or house of representatives. Proposed amendments agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to and serving in each house on a vote with the names and vote of those voting entered in the respective journals shall be submitted, not less than 60 days thereafter, after final passage, to the electors at the next general election or special election as the legislature shall direct. The house in which the proposed amendment originated shall file the proposed amendment with the secretary of state not later than 14 calendar days after final passage of the proposed amendment or by noon on December 31 of an even-numbered year, whichever is earlier.
(2) If a majority of electors voting on a proposed amendment approve the same, it shall become amendment, the amendment becomes part of the constitution and shall abrogate or amend abrogates or amends existing provisions of the constitution at the end of 45 days after the date of the election at which it the amendment was approved.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be submitted to the people of the state at the next general election in the manner provided by law.
