Bill Text: MI SJRH | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Legislature; rules; passage of bills introduced during regular session held after November election in an even-numbered year; require a 2/3 vote in both houses. Amends sec. 26, art. IV of the state constitution.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-06-13 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SJRH Detail]

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION H

 

 

June 13, 2019, Introduced by Senators WOJNO, IRWIN, POLEHANKI, BAYER, BULLOCK, MCCANN, RUNESTAD, GEISS, ALEXANDER, ANANICH and BRINKS 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 introduced during a regular

 

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

 

introduced during a regular 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. A bill introduced during a regular 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. No bill shall become a law

 

without the concurrence of a majority 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.

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