Bill Text: MI HJRB | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature: sessions; sine die; establish as the Friday before the first Monday in November in an even numbered year.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-27 - Joint Resolution Electronically Reproduced 01/26/2021 [HJRB Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HJRB-Introduced.html
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION B
January 26, 2021, Introduced by Rep. Howell and
referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state constitution of 1963, by amending section 13 of article IV, to provide for the end of the legislative session at certain times in certain years.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the state of
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 13. The legislature shall meet at the seat of government on the second Wednesday in January of each year at twelve o'clock noon. Each The regular session in an odd numbered year shall adjourn without day, on a day determined by concurrent resolution, at twelve o'clock noon. The regular session in an even numbered year shall adjourn without day on the Friday before the first Monday in November. Any business, bill, or joint resolution pending at the final adjournment of a regular session held in an odd numbered year shall carry over with the same status to the next regular session.
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.
