February 7, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Sabo, Howell, Sneller, Cherry, Inman, Steven Johnson, Bellino, Yaroch, Cambensy, Liberati, Peterson, Elder, Garza, Shannon, Ellison, Rabhi, Chirkun, Hertel, Vaupel, Lasinski, Wakeman, Hoadley, Gay-Dagnogo, Neeley and Jones and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 26 of article IV, to
require a two-thirds vote on any bill considered during a
legislative session held after the November election in an even-
numbered year.
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 a two-thirds vote on any bill
considered during a legislative session held after the November
election in an even-numbered year, is proposed, agreed to, and
submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 26. No bill shall be passed or become a law at any
regular session of the legislature until it has been printed or
reproduced and in the possession of each house for at least five
days. Every bill shall be read three times in each house before the
final passage thereof. No bill shall become a law without the
concurrence of a majority of the members elected to and serving in
each house. A bill considered during a session held after the
November election in an even-numbered year shall not become law
without the approval of two-thirds of the members elected to and
serving in each house. On the final passage of bills, the votes and
names of the members voting thereon shall be entered in the
journal.
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.