Bill Text: MI SJRB | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Legislature: rules; bills or initiative petitions to take effect upon the expiration of 90 days after the date they are filed with the secretary of state; provide for. Amends sec. 27, art. IV of the state constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-16 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SJRB Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-SJRB-Introduced.html
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION B
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state constitution of 1963, by amending section 27 of article IV, to provide that bills or initiative petitions adopted by the legislature take effect upon the expiration of 90 days after the date they are filed with the secretary of state unless given immediate effect by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to and serving in each house.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state constitution of 1963, to provide that bills or initiative petitions adopted by the legislature take effect upon the expiration of 90 days after the date they are filed with the secretary of state unless given immediate effect by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to and serving in each house, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the state:
article IV
Sec. 27. (1) No act shall take effect until the expiration of 90 days from after the end of the session at which it was passed, date the bill or initiative petition adopted by the legislature is filed with the secretary of state, but the legislature may give immediate effect to acts by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to and serving in each house, recording the number of yeas and nays in the journal.
(2) This section, as amended, does not apply to any bill enrolled or initiative petition filed before the commencement of the 103rd Legislature.
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.
